Helen vs Vera
AUS · Open Women · 4 results Helen Russell
AUS · Open Women · 6 results Vera Dwyer
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helen: Melbourne 2025, Open Women · Vera: Mechelen 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Helen and Vera sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helen: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 40% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 3%).Vera: strongest on Ski (faster than 73% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 5%).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen: faster than | Vera: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 3% | 73% |
| Push | 11% | 13% |
| Pull | 15% | 65% |
| BBJ | 11% | 24% |
| Row | 4% | 46% |
| Carry | 32% | 65% |
| Lunges | 8% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 25% |
| Roxzone | 40% | 37% |
| Runs | 40% | 24% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helen | Vera |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 3% | 73% |
| Sled push | 11% | 13% |
| Sled pull | 15% | 65% |
| Burpee broad jump | 11% | 24% |
| Row | 4% | 46% |
| Farmers carry | 32% | 65% |
| Sandbag lunges | 8% | 5% |
| Wall balls | 27% | 25% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 40% | 37% |
| Runs (8 km) | 40% | 24% |
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.Helen · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women: 44:52 running, 49:43 at the stations and 10:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (9:21).Below, Vera · Mechelen 2026 · Open Women: 48:20 running, 44:35 at the stations and 9:11 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:20).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen · Melbourne 2025 · Open Women | Vera · Mechelen 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:22 | 4:43 |
| SkiErg | 6:08 | 4:57 |
| Run 2 | 5:36 | 5:47 |
| Sled push | 3:26 | 3:10 |
| Run 3 | 5:40 | 5:52 |
| Sled pull | 7:07 | 4:40 |
| Run 4 | 5:45 | 6:17 |
| Burpee broad jump | 9:21 | 8:20 |
| Run 5 | 5:54 | 6:12 |
| Row | 6:18 | 5:23 |
| Run 6 | 5:43 | 6:13 |
| Farmers carry | 2:22 | 2:03 |
| Run 7 | 5:59 | 6:26 |
| Sandbag lunges | 7:45 | 8:14 |
| Run 8 | 6:52 | 6:50 |
| Wall balls | 7:16 | 7:48 |
| Roxzone | 10:20 | 9:11 |
| Finish | 1:44:47 | 1:41:57 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Helen | Vera | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne 2025 Open Women · 11 Dec 2025 | 1:44:47 | 1:44:48 | 0:01 · Helen faster |
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