Nicole vs Ariena
RSA · Open Women · 2 results Nicole Heap
RSA · Open Women · 4 results Ariena Shepherd
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicole: Cape Town 2025, Open Women · Ariena: Johannesburg 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Nicole and Ariena sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicole: strongest on Ski (faster than 89% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 33%).Ariena: strongest on Roxzone (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 20%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicole: faster than | Ariena: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 89% | 48% |
| Push | 59% | 85% |
| Pull | 64% | 83% |
| BBJ | 49% | 65% |
| Row | 63% | 90% |
| Carry | 81% | 20% |
| Lunges | 42% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 72% |
| Roxzone | 33% | 93% |
| Runs | 70% | 88% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicole | Ariena |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 89% | 48% |
| Sled push | 59% | 85% |
| Sled pull | 64% | 83% |
| Burpee broad jump | 49% | 65% |
| Row | 63% | 90% |
| Farmers carry | 81% | 20% |
| Sandbag lunges | 42% | 75% |
| Wall balls | 36% | 72% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 33% | 93% |
| Runs (8 km) | 70% | 88% |
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.Nicole · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women: 45:44 running, 42:04 at the stations and 8:38 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:20).Below, Ariena · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women: 44:02 running, 42:31 at the stations and 6:59 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (8:10) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicole · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women | Ariena · Johannesburg 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:54 | 6:55 |
| SkiErg | 4:46 | 5:45 |
| Run 2 | 5:33 | 4:37 |
| Sled push | 2:46 | 2:27 |
| Run 3 | 5:47 | 4:56 |
| Sled pull | 5:53 | 5:38 |
| Run 4 | 5:50 | 4:59 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:13 | 8:10 |
| Run 5 | 6:01 | 5:03 |
| Row | 5:30 | 5:25 |
| Run 6 | 5:48 | 5:14 |
| Farmers carry | 1:55 | 3:16 |
| Run 7 | 5:59 | 4:59 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:40 | 4:59 |
| Run 8 | 6:53 | 7:19 |
| Wall balls | 8:20 | 6:51 |
| Roxzone | 8:38 | 6:59 |
| Finish | 1:36:17 | 1:33:24 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicole | Ariena | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Women · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:36:17 | 1:36:14 | 0:03 · Ariena faster |
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