Helen vs Melissa
CAN · Open Women · 3 results Helen Shen
USA · Open Women · 2 results Melissa Marimoutou
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Helen: New York 2026, Open Women · Melissa: New York 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Helen and Melissa sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Helen: strongest on Push (faster than 80% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 13%).Melissa: strongest on Carry (faster than 82% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 10%).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen: faster than | Melissa: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 30% | 53% |
| Push | 80% | 51% |
| Pull | 46% | 23% |
| BBJ | 32% | 31% |
| Row | 45% | 70% |
| Carry | 46% | 82% |
| Lunges | 48% | 38% |
| Wall balls | 18% | 15% |
| Roxzone | 13% | 10% |
| Runs | 24% | 27% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Helen | Melissa |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 30% | 53% |
| Sled push | 80% | 51% |
| Sled pull | 46% | 23% |
| Burpee broad jump | 32% | 31% |
| Row | 45% | 70% |
| Farmers carry | 46% | 82% |
| Sandbag lunges | 48% | 38% |
| Wall balls | 18% | 15% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 13% | 10% |
| Runs (8 km) | 24% | 27% |
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 · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:01:55 running, 47:55 at the stations and 11:05 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:42) and the shortest the sled push (2:25).Below, Melissa · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:00:04 running, 49:13 at the stations and 11:39 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (11:09).
See the numbers
| Part | Helen · New York 2026 · Open Women | Melissa · New York 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 8:03 | 6:02 |
| SkiErg | 5:39 | 5:19 |
| Run 2 | 6:40 | 6:34 |
| Sled push | 2:25 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 6:56 | 7:23 |
| Sled pull | 5:57 | 7:06 |
| Run 4 | 7:11 | 7:28 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:44 | 8:45 |
| Run 5 | 8:01 | 7:57 |
| Row | 5:46 | 5:25 |
| Run 6 | 7:25 | 7:51 |
| Farmers carry | 2:46 | 2:13 |
| Run 7 | 7:19 | 7:20 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:56 | 6:24 |
| Run 8 | 10:19 | 9:29 |
| Wall balls | 10:42 | 11:09 |
| Roxzone | 11:05 | 11:39 |
| Finish | 2:00:46 | 2:00:47 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Helen | Melissa | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York 2026 Open Women · 28 May 2026 | 2:00:46 | 2:00:47 | 0:01 · Helen faster |
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