Melani vs Gissell

USA USA · Open Women · 1 result

Melani Ellison

2:29:19 best Open Women time · New York 2026
4315th of 4,639 place in that race · 4,639 Open Women finishers
USA USA · Open Women · 1 result

Gissell Abreu

2:29:09 best Open Women time · New York 2026
4313th of 4,639 place in that race · 4,639 Open Women finishers

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

Melani: New York 2026, Open Women · Gissell: New York 2026, Open Women

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

This chart shows where Melani and Gissell sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Melani: strongest on BBJ (faster than 15% of the field), weakest on Pull (faster than 2%).Gissell: strongest on Runs (faster than 19% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 1%).

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Part Melani: faster than Gissell: faster than
Ski 6% 4%
Push 10% 1%
Pull 2% 2%
BBJ 15% 3%
Row 11% 3%
Carry 5% 3%
Lunges 6% 8%
Wall balls 4% 6%
Roxzone 9% 14%
Runs 13% 19%

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

Part by part

Part Melani Gissell
SkiErg 6% 4%
Sled push 10% 1%
Sled pull 2% 2%
Burpee broad jump 15% 3%
Row 11% 3%
Farmers carry 5% 3%
Sandbag lunges 6% 8%
Wall balls 4% 6%
Roxzone (moving) 9% 14%
Runs (8 km) 13% 19%

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

Melani · New York 2026 · Open Women2:29:19
6:126:226:303:538:4010:139:2310:479:046:357:424:128:1610:0613:3616:0811:49
Gissell · New York 2026 · Open Women2:29:09
6:406:326:485:377:3210:327:4515:178:497:177:564:358:139:1810:5914:3010:54
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.Melani · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:09:23 running, 1:08:16 at the stations and 11:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:08) and the shortest the sled push (3:53).Below, Gissell · New York 2026 · Open Women: 1:04:42 running, 1:13:37 at the stations and 10:54 in the roxzone; the longest station was the burpee broad jumps (15:17).

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Part Melani · New York 2026 · Open Women Gissell · New York 2026 · Open Women
Run 1 6:12 6:40
SkiErg 6:22 6:32
Run 2 6:30 6:48
Sled push 3:53 5:37
Run 3 8:40 7:32
Sled pull 10:13 10:32
Run 4 9:23 7:45
Burpee broad jump 10:47 15:17
Run 5 9:04 8:49
Row 6:35 7:17
Run 6 7:42 7:56
Farmers carry 4:12 4:35
Run 7 8:16 8:13
Sandbag lunges 10:06 9:18
Run 8 13:36 10:59
Wall balls 16:08 14:30
Roxzone 11:49 10:54
Finish 2:29:19 2:29:09

Head to head: 1 race they both ran

Race Melani Gissell Gap
New York 2026 Open Women · 28 May 2026 2:29:19 2:29:09 0:10 · Gissell faster
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