Melissa vs Emily
RSA · Open Women · 3 results Melissa Purdon
RSA · Open Women · 2 results Emily Blake - Goudemond
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melissa: Cape Town 2025, Open Women · Emily: Johannesburg (I) 2025, Open Women
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This chart shows where Melissa and Emily sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melissa: strongest on Push (faster than 99% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 39%).Emily: strongest on Push (faster than 92% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).
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| Part | Melissa: faster than | Emily: faster than |
|---|---|---|
| Ski | 97% | 87% |
| Push | 99% | 92% |
| Pull | 91% | 2% |
| BBJ | 74% | 80% |
| Row | 97% | 77% |
| Carry | 39% | 54% |
| Lunges | 58% | 87% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 81% |
| Roxzone | 62% | no split |
| Runs | 62% | 80% |
Each athlete against their own field at their own best race (division, gender, that venue). Further out is faster.
Part by part
| Part | Melissa | Emily |
|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 97% | 87% |
| Sled push | 99% | 92% |
| Sled pull | 91% | 2% |
| Burpee broad jump | 74% | 80% |
| Row | 97% | 77% |
| Farmers carry | 39% | 54% |
| Sandbag lunges | 58% | 87% |
| Wall balls | 67% | 81% |
| Roxzone (moving) | 62% | — |
| Runs (8 km) | 62% | 80% |
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 · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women: 47:36 running, 35:41 at the stations and 6:42 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:28) and the shortest the sled push (1:34).Below, Emily · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women: 46:30 running and 45:26 at the stations; the longest station was the sled pull (14:25) and the shortest the sled push (2:06).
See the numbers
| Part | Melissa · Cape Town 2025 · Open Women | Emily · Johannesburg (I) 2025 · Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 3:53 | 3:39 |
| SkiErg | 4:38 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 5:51 | 7:32 |
| Sled push | 1:34 | 2:06 |
| Run 3 | 6:25 | 5:45 |
| Sled pull | 4:41 | 14:25 |
| Run 4 | 6:20 | 5:42 |
| Burpee broad jump | 6:00 | 6:13 |
| Run 5 | 6:43 | 5:55 |
| Row | 4:54 | 5:33 |
| Run 6 | 6:28 | 5:38 |
| Farmers carry | 2:23 | 2:16 |
| Run 7 | 6:02 | 5:51 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:03 | 4:07 |
| Run 8 | 5:54 | 6:28 |
| Wall balls | 6:28 | 5:51 |
| Roxzone | 6:42 | — |
| Finish | 1:29:50 | 1:28:31 |
Head to head: 1 race they both ran
| Race | Melissa | Emily | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2025 Open Women · 19 Jul 2025 | 1:29:50 | 1:29:37 | 0:13 · Emily faster |
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