Estella vs Mel

AUS AUS · Open Women · 3 results

Estella Huijbregts

1:39:22 best Open Women time · Sydney 2026
1344th of 2,043 place in that race · 2,043 Open Women finishers
AUS AUS · Open Women · 3 results

Mel Backhaus

1:39:25 best Open Women time · Sydney 2026
1346th of 2,043 place in that race · 2,043 Open Women finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Estella: Sydney 2026, Open Women · Mel: Sydney 2026, Open Women

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
EstellaMeledge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Estella and Mel sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Estella: strongest on Ski (faster than 58% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 6%).Mel: strongest on BBJ (faster than 63% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 9%).

See the numbers
Part Estella: faster than Mel: faster than
Ski 58% 26%
Push 38% 9%
Pull 42% 21%
BBJ 29% 63%
Row 45% 54%
Carry 23% 37%
Lunges 6% 10%
Wall balls 36% 47%
Roxzone 48% 39%
Runs 46% 37%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Estella Mel
SkiErg 58% 26%
Sled push 38% 9%
Sled pull 42% 21%
Burpee broad jump 29% 63%
Row 45% 54%
Farmers carry 23% 37%
Sandbag lunges 6% 10%
Wall balls 36% 47%
Roxzone (moving) 48% 39%
Runs (8 km) 46% 37%

The share of their own field each athlete beat on that segment, at the race named on the left. Higher is better; green marks the better of the two. A dash means no split was published.

Those races as one bar each

Estella · Sydney 2026 · Open Women1:39:22
4:495:014:572:355:175:235:598:175:185:235:272:285:179:017:397:149:21
Mel · Sydney 2026 · Open Women1:39:25
4:555:235:353:175:236:175:316:175:285:175:412:145:378:088:046:329:49
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Estella · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 44:43 running, 45:22 at the stations and 9:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (9:01).Below, Mel · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 46:14 running, 43:23 at the stations and 9:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (8:08).

See the numbers
Part Estella · Sydney 2026 · Open Women Mel · Sydney 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 4:49 4:55
SkiErg 5:01 5:23
Run 2 4:57 5:35
Sled push 2:35 3:17
Run 3 5:17 5:23
Sled pull 5:23 6:17
Run 4 5:59 5:31
Burpee broad jump 8:17 6:17
Run 5 5:18 5:28
Row 5:23 5:17
Run 6 5:27 5:41
Farmers carry 2:28 2:14
Run 7 5:17 5:37
Sandbag lunges 9:01 8:08
Run 8 7:39 8:04
Wall balls 7:14 6:32
Roxzone 9:21 9:49
Finish 1:39:22 1:39:25

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Estella Mel Gap
Sydney 2026 Open Women · 1 Jul 2026 1:39:22 1:39:25 0:03 · Estella faster
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