Samantha vs Mechelle

USA USA · Open Women · 1 result

Samantha Nicks

2:06:37 best Open Women time · New York 2026
3670th of 4,639 place in that race · 4,639 Open Women finishers
USA USA · Open Women · 4 results

Mechelle Armstead

1:55:03 best Open Women time · Las Vegas 2026
1373rd of 1,797 place in that race · 1,797 Open Women finishers

Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more

Samantha: New York 2026, Open Women · Mechelle: Las Vegas 2026, Open Women

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
SamanthaMechelleedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Samantha and Mechelle sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Samantha: strongest on Pull (faster than 62% of the field), weakest on Wall balls (faster than 8%).Mechelle: strongest on BBJ (faster than 44% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 10%).

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Part Samantha: faster than Mechelle: faster than
Ski 14% 37%
Push 49% 10%
Pull 62% 37%
BBJ 30% 44%
Row 11% 28%
Carry 15% 14%
Lunges 12% 30%
Wall balls 8% 38%
Roxzone 25% 26%
Runs 24% 17%

Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.

Part by part

Part Samantha Mechelle
SkiErg 14% 37%
Sled push 49% 10%
Sled pull 62% 37%
Burpee broad jump 30% 44%
Row 11% 28%
Farmers carry 15% 14%
Sandbag lunges 12% 30%
Wall balls 8% 38%
Roxzone (moving) 25% 26%
Runs (8 km) 24% 17%

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

Samantha · New York 2026 · Open Women2:06:37
7:086:026:372:536:495:257:138:517:486:347:383:338:048:3410:3813:129:43
Mechelle · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Women1:55:03
4:095:426:523:577:196:227:156:567:515:599:012:517:476:218:398:0810:01
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Samantha · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:01:55 running, 55:04 at the stations and 9:43 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (13:12) and the shortest the sled push (2:53).Below, Mechelle · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Women: 58:53 running, 46:16 at the stations and 10:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:08).

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Part Samantha · New York 2026 · Open Women Mechelle · Las Vegas 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 7:08 4:09
SkiErg 6:02 5:42
Run 2 6:37 6:52
Sled push 2:53 3:57
Run 3 6:49 7:19
Sled pull 5:25 6:22
Run 4 7:13 7:15
Burpee broad jump 8:51 6:56
Run 5 7:48 7:51
Row 6:34 5:59
Run 6 7:38 9:01
Farmers carry 3:33 2:51
Run 7 8:04 7:47
Sandbag lunges 8:34 6:21
Run 8 10:38 8:39
Wall balls 13:12 8:08
Roxzone 9:43 10:01
Finish 2:06:37 1:55:03

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Samantha Mechelle Gap
New York 2026 Open Women · 28 May 2026 2:06:37 2:06:32 0:05 · Mechelle faster
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