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Athlete South Africa

Firdous Variava

Firdous Variava has raced HYROX 9 times at 7 events since 2025, in 3 categories, most often the women's Doubles Open (5). 1:12:36 at Cape Town 2026 is the fastest of 5 in the women's Doubles Open, 25th of 399 women's teams and inside the top 10%. Finished in the top 10% of the field 3 times.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Women
1:12:36
Cape Town 2026
Individual Open · Women
1:30:40
Cape Town 2025
Doubles Open · Mixed
1:21:50
Barcelona 2026

Progress against the field

From Johannesburg I 2025 to Johannesburg 2025, the field gained 2:45 on Firdous Variava.

The clock says 1:39 slower, but the races themselves got 1:06 quicker for everyone.

Time ahead of the field Up is better
Johannesburg I 2025 Johannesburg 2025
Race by race, in the list below ↓
How this is worked out ⓘ

A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.

Every race

9 races · 7 events

  1. Cape Town
    14 Aug 2026
    Doubles Open · Women
    1:12:36 PB
    25/399
    Beat 94%
    ↑ 76 days after Johannesburg 2026, with Kayleigh Theron 3:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓

    4:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:11 behind the field.

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  2. Johannesburg
    30 May 2026
    Doubles Open · Women
    1:17:00
    47/1061
    Beat 96%
  3. Barcelona
    14 May 2026
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:21:50 PB
    611/1013
    Beat 40%
  4. Istanbul 1
    13 Feb 2026
    Doubles Open · Women
    1:18:22
    34/150
    Beat 77%
  5. Johannesburg
    29 Nov 2025
    Doubles Open · Women
    1:23:19
    57/714
    Beat 92%
    ↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025, with Saadia Makda 0:27 worse than the field Why ↓

    2:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:44 slower for everyone: 0:27 lost to the field.

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  6. Johannesburg
    29 Nov 2025
    Individual Open · Women
    1:38:33
    118/550
    Beat 79%
    ↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓

    7:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:13 slower for everyone: 2:40 lost to the field.

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  7. Cape Town
    19 Jul 2025
    Doubles Open · Women
    1:21:08
    121/723
    Beat 83%
  8. Cape Town
    19 Jul 2025
    Individual Open · Women
    1:30:40 PB
    127/431
    Beat 71%
    ↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓

    Moved with the field: 6:14 faster on the clock, against 6:19 faster for everyone.

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  9. Johannesburg I
    1 Mar 2025
    Individual Open · Women
    1:36:54
    102/382
    Beat 73%

Personal bests, by station

4:20
Cape Town 2026
1:38
Istanbul 1 2026
3:23
Cape Town 2026
3:12
Cape Town 2025
4:32
Cape Town 2026
1:39
Cape Town 2026
3:14
Cape Town 2026
3:45
Cape Town 2026

Station by station, race by race

Individual Open · Women Doubles Open · Women Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
5:56 4:20
50m Sled Push
4:36 1:38
50m Sled Pull
7:05 3:23
80m Burpee Broad Jump
7:18 3:12
1000m Row
5:57 4:32
200m Farmers Carry
2:41 1:39
100m Sandbag Lunges
4:59 3:14
Wall Balls
6:17 3:45