Melissa vs Poornima
SIN · Open Women · 2 results Melissa de Cotta
IND · Open Women · 4 results Poornima Iyer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: Sydney 2026, Open Women · Poornima: Melbourne 2025, Open Women
This chart shows where Melissa and Poornima sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Lunges (faster than 77% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 22%).Poornima: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 7%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa: faster than | Poornima: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 31% | 7% |
| Push | 22% | 18% |
| Pull | 61% | 11% |
| BBJ | 49% | 57% |
| Row | 42% | 25% |
| Carry | 50% | 13% |
| Lunges | 77% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 53% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 65% |
| Runs | 28% | 48% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melissa | Poornima |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 31% | 7% |
| Sled push | 22% | 18% |
| Sled pull | 61% | 11% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 57% |
| Row | 42% | 25% |
| Farmers carry | 50% | 13% |
| Sandbag lunges | 77% | 55% |
| Wall balls | 62% | 53% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 65% |
| Runs (8 km) | 28% | 48% |
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 · Sydney 2026 · Open Women: 48:42 running, 37:34 at the stations and 10:30 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:57).Below, Poornima · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women: 43:11 running, 41:26 at the stations and 9:06 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (7:33).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · Sydney 2026 · Open Women | Poornima · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:34 | 3:06 |
| SkiErg | 5:19 | 5:46 |
| Run 2 | 5:28 | 5:15 |
| Sled push | 2:51 | 3:11 |
| Run 3 | 5:59 | 5:27 |
| Sled pull | 4:47 | 7:33 |
| Run 4 | 5:56 | 5:38 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:57 | 5:53 |
| Run 5 | 6:12 | 5:41 |
| Row | 5:25 | 5:38 |
| Run 6 | 6:09 | 5:36 |
| Farmers carry | 2:05 | 2:45 |
| Run 7 | 5:39 | 5:45 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:19 | 4:49 |
| Run 8 | 8:45 | 6:43 |
| Wall balls | 5:51 | 5:51 |
| Roxzone | 10:30 | 9:06 |
| Finish | 1:36:40 | 1:33:35 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Poornima | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney 2026 Open Women · 1 Jul 2026 | 1:36:40 | 1:36:39 | 0:01 · Poornima faster |
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