Mel vs Maria
AUS · Open Women · 1 result Mel Larkin
GBR · Open Women · 12 results Maria McCormack
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Mel: Brisbane 2025, Open Women · Maria: London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Mel and Maria sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Mel: strongest on Carry (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 54%).Maria: strongest on Ski (faster than 95% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 64%).
See the numbers
| Part | Mel: faster than | Maria: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 81% | 95% |
| Push | 54% | 86% |
| Pull | 82% | 81% |
| BBJ | 83% | 79% |
| Row | 76% | 83% |
| Carry | 97% | 64% |
| Lunges | 63% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 69% | 64% |
| Roxzone | 78% | 80% |
| Runs | 78% | 77% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Mel | Maria |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 81% | 95% |
| Sled push | 54% | 86% |
| Sled pull | 82% | 81% |
| Burpee broad jump | 83% | 79% |
| Row | 76% | 83% |
| Farmers carry | 97% | 64% |
| Sandbag lunges | 63% | 76% |
| Wall balls | 69% | 64% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 78% | 80% |
| Runs (8 km) | 78% | 77% |
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.Mel · Brisbane 2025 · Open Women: 40:43 running, 32:53 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:04).Below, Maria · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Women: 36:13 running, 29:44 at the stations and 4:29 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (5:12) and the shortest the sled push (1:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Mel · Brisbane 2025 · Open Women | Maria · London Olympia (EMEA Championship) 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 2:49 | 4:08 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:28 |
| Run 2 | 5:02 | 4:09 |
| Sled push | 2:27 | 1:49 |
| Run 3 | 5:26 | 4:21 |
| Sled pull | 4:26 | 3:45 |
| Run 4 | 5:27 | 4:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:00 | 4:12 |
| Run 5 | 5:32 | 4:35 |
| Row | 5:00 | 4:46 |
| Run 6 | 5:24 | 4:22 |
| Farmers carry | 1:42 | 1:58 |
| Run 7 | 5:34 | 4:23 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:33 | 3:33 |
| Run 8 | 5:29 | 5:56 |
| Wall balls | 5:04 | 5:12 |
| Roxzone | 6:26 | 4:29 |
| Finish | 1:19:54 | 1:10:19 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Mel | Maria | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane 2025 Open Women · 1 Mar 2025 | 1:19:54 | 1:19:53 | 0:01 · Maria faster |
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