Melissa vs Estelle
RSA · Open Women · 1 result Melissa Nel
RSA · Open Women · 5 results Estelle Wiggett
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: Johannesburg 2025, Open Women · Estelle: Cape Town 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Melissa and Estelle sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Carry (faster than 96% of the field), weakest on BBJ (faster than 49%).Estelle: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 90% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 61%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa: faster than | Estelle: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 89% | 78% |
| Push | 92% | 70% |
| Pull | 78% | 79% |
| BBJ | 49% | 85% |
| Row | 66% | 78% |
| Carry | 96% | 66% |
| Lunges | 92% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 81% |
| Roxzone | 67% | 90% |
| Runs | 88% | 61% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melissa | Estelle |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 89% | 78% |
| Sled push | 92% | 70% |
| Sled pull | 78% | 79% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 85% |
| Row | 66% | 78% |
| Farmers carry | 96% | 66% |
| Sandbag lunges | 92% | 73% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 81% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 67% | 90% |
| Runs (8 km) | 88% | 61% |
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
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.Melissa · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Women: 45:17 running, 41:01 at the stations and 9:03 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:54).Below, Estelle · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women: 50:49 running, 36:33 at the stations and 4:37 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:46).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · Johannesburg 2025 · Open Women | Estelle · Cape Town 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:46 | 4:08 |
| SkiErg | 5:09 | 4:59 |
| Run 2 | 5:32 | 5:39 |
| Sled push | 2:38 | 2:47 |
| Run 3 | 5:49 | 5:48 |
| Sled pull | 5:48 | 5:15 |
| Run 4 | 5:49 | 6:01 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:54 | 5:33 |
| Run 5 | 6:02 | 7:05 |
| Row | 5:45 | 5:19 |
| Run 6 | 5:46 | 7:03 |
| Farmers carry | 1:53 | 2:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:35 | 7:21 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:05 | 4:39 |
| Run 8 | 6:58 | 7:44 |
| Wall balls | 6:50 | 5:46 |
| Roxzone | 9:03 | 4:37 |
| Finish | 1:35:14 | 1:31:52 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Estelle | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johannesburg 2025 Open Women · 29 Nov 2025 | 1:35:14 | 1:35:15 | 0:01 · Melissa faster |
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