Melani vs Gissell
Melani Ellison
Gissell Abreu
Station radar · best race with a field of 30 or more
Melani: New York 2026, Open Women · Gissell: New York 2026, Open Women
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%).
See the numbers
| 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
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).
See the numbers
| 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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