Nicola vs Ellie
Nicola Cowles
Ellie Ryder
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Nicola: London ExCeL 2025, Open Women · Ellie: London Olympia 2026, Open Women
This chart shows where Nicola and Ellie sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Nicola: strongest on Pull (faster than 76% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 17%).Ellie: strongest on Carry (faster than 93% of the field), weakest on Runs (faster than 38%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicola: faster than | Ellie: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 41% | 66% |
| Push | 72% | 57% |
| Pull | 76% | 70% |
| BBJ | 20% | 49% |
| Row | 21% | 78% |
| Carry | 17% | 93% |
| Lunges | 21% | 54% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 68% |
| Roxzone | 28% | 52% |
| Runs | 37% | 38% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Nicola | Ellie |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 41% | 66% |
| Sled push | 72% | 57% |
| Sled pull | 76% | 70% |
| Burpee broad jump | 20% | 49% |
| Row | 21% | 78% |
| Farmers carry | 17% | 93% |
| Sandbag lunges | 21% | 54% |
| Wall balls | 24% | 68% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 28% | 52% |
| Runs (8 km) | 37% | 38% |
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.Nicola · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women: 39:37 running, 45:34 at the stations and 14:53 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:48) and the shortest the sled push (2:28).Below, Ellie · London Olympia 2026 · Open Women: 49:28 running, 37:19 at the stations and 6:34 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (6:49).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicola · London ExCeL 2025 · Open Women | Ellie · London Olympia 2026 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:50 | 6:02 |
| SkiErg | 5:39 | 5:01 |
| Run 2 | 4:19 | 5:41 |
| Sled push | 2:28 | 2:44 |
| Run 3 | 4:30 | 5:50 |
| Sled pull | 4:53 | 4:43 |
| Run 4 | 4:40 | 5:46 |
| Burpee broad jump | 8:44 | 6:49 |
| Run 5 | 4:56 | 5:51 |
| Row | 5:59 | 5:08 |
| Run 6 | 4:49 | 5:42 |
| Farmers carry | 2:45 | 1:51 |
| Run 7 | 4:54 | 5:38 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:18 | 4:58 |
| Run 8 | 7:39 | 8:58 |
| Wall balls | 8:48 | 6:04 |
| Roxzone | 14:53 | 6:34 |
| Finish | 1:39:56 | 1:33:13 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Nicola | Ellie | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London ExCeL 2025 Open Women · 4 Dec 2025 | 1:39:56 | 1:39:57 | 0:01 · Nicola faster |
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