Ruth vs Helen
Ruth Holmes
Helen Sherfield
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Ruth: London 2025, Open Women · Helen: Birmingham Birm, Open Women
This chart shows where Ruth and Helen sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Ruth: strongest on Lunges (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 20%).Helen: strongest on Row (faster than 94% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 58%).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruth: faster than | Helen: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 77% | 84% |
| Push | 45% | 91% |
| Pull | 51% | 81% |
| BBJ | 26% | 75% |
| Row | 69% | 94% |
| Carry | 75% | 86% |
| Lunges | 80% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 64% |
| Roxzone | 20% | 78% |
| Runs | 37% | 58% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Ruth | Helen |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 77% | 84% |
| Sled push | 45% | 91% |
| Sled pull | 51% | 81% |
| Burpee broad jump | 26% | 75% |
| Row | 69% | 94% |
| Farmers carry | 75% | 86% |
| Sandbag lunges | 80% | 74% |
| Wall balls | 75% | 64% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 20% | 78% |
| Runs (8 km) | 37% | 58% |
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.Ruth · London 2025 · Open Women: 47:56 running, 38:02 at the stations and 7:44 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:02).Below, Helen · Birmingham Birm · Open Women: 43:24 running, 34:41 at the stations and 6:09 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:08).
See the numbers
| Part | Ruth · London 2025 · Open Women | Helen · Birmingham Birm · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:05 | 6:19 |
| SkiErg | 4:49 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 5:40 | 5:15 |
| Sled push | 2:49 | 2:32 |
| Run 3 | 5:37 | 5:11 |
| Sled pull | 5:15 | 4:34 |
| Run 4 | 5:40 | 5:13 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:02 | 5:28 |
| Run 5 | 5:44 | 5:17 |
| Row | 5:09 | 4:53 |
| Run 6 | 5:52 | 5:17 |
| Farmers carry | 2:05 | 1:54 |
| Run 7 | 5:54 | 5:28 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:13 | 4:18 |
| Run 8 | 7:24 | 5:24 |
| Wall balls | 5:40 | 6:08 |
| Roxzone | 7:44 | 6:09 |
| Finish | 1:33:32 | 1:24:08 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Ruth | Helen | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham 2025 Open Women · 22 Oct 2025 | 1:34:03 | 1:33:58 | 0:05 · Helen faster |
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