Melissa vs Frances
GBR · Open Women · 2 results Melissa Cole
GBR · Open Women · 2 results Frances Hadfield
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: Cardiff 2026, Open Women · Frances: Cardiff 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Melissa and Frances sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Pull (faster than 91% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 45%).Frances: strongest on Runs (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 13%).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa: faster than | Frances: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 56% | 60% |
| Push | 81% | 18% |
| Pull | 91% | 13% |
| BBJ | 79% | 53% |
| Row | 85% | 52% |
| Carry | 62% | 35% |
| Lunges | 55% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 49% |
| Roxzone | 59% | 60% |
| Runs | 45% | 89% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melissa | Frances |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 56% | 60% |
| Sled push | 81% | 18% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 13% |
| Burpee broad jump | 79% | 53% |
| Row | 85% | 52% |
| Farmers carry | 62% | 35% |
| Sandbag lunges | 55% | 46% |
| Wall balls | 83% | 49% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 59% | 60% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45% | 89% |
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 · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 48:28 running, 35:23 at the stations and 4:21 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (5:47) and the shortest the sled push (2:30).Below, Frances · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women: 40:17 running, 43:33 at the stations and 4:20 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sled pull (7:07).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women | Frances · Cardiff 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:53 | 5:17 |
| SkiErg | 5:14 | 5:12 |
| Run 2 | 5:30 | 4:43 |
| Sled push | 2:30 | 3:35 |
| Run 3 | 5:41 | 4:56 |
| Sled pull | 4:07 | 7:07 |
| Run 4 | 5:40 | 5:00 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:47 | 7:06 |
| Run 5 | 7:55 | 5:02 |
| Row | 5:06 | 5:29 |
| Run 6 | 6:04 | 5:06 |
| Farmers carry | 2:46 | 3:15 |
| Run 7 | 5:24 | 4:31 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:48 | 5:04 |
| Run 8 | 6:21 | 5:42 |
| Wall balls | 5:05 | 6:45 |
| Roxzone | 4:21 | 4:20 |
| Finish | 1:28:09 | 1:28:06 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Frances | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff 2026 Open Women · 29 Apr 2026 | 1:28:09 | 1:28:06 | 0:03 · Frances faster |
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