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Petrus Nel

Since 2025, Petrus Nel has raced HYROX 7 times at 5 events across 3 categories, the mixed Doubles Open most often (4). The fastest of 4 in the mixed Doubles Open is 1:02:10 at Brisbane 2026, a top-10% finish: 11th of 307 mixed teams. With Chenel Kruger-Nel both times, that is 7:56 quicker on the clock than the first of them, at Brisbane 2025.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Mixed
1:02:10
Brisbane 2026
Doubles Open · Men
57:18
Sydney 2026
Individual Open · Men
1:13:35
Perth 2025

Progress against the field

From Brisbane 2025 to Brisbane 2026, Petrus Nel and Chenel Kruger-Nel got 3:46 faster than the field.

The clock says 7:56 faster, but the races themselves got 4:10 quicker for everyone.

Time ahead of the field Up is better
Brisbane 2025 Brisbane 2026

The biggest step was Brisbane 2025 → Perth 2025: 2:52 on the field in 188 days.

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.

Every race

7 races · 5 events

  1. Sydney
    1 Jul 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    57:18 PB
    24/598
    Beat 96%
  2. Brisbane
    9 Apr 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:02:42
    39/257
    Beat 85%
  3. Brisbane
    9 Apr 2026
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:02:10 PB
    11/307
    Beat 96%
    ↑ 216 days after Perth 2025, with Chenel Kruger-Nel 0:54 better than the field Why ↓

    0:54 better than the field: 2:30 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.

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  4. Perth
    5 Sep 2025
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:04:40
    25/443
    Beat 94%
    ↑ 188 days after Brisbane 2025, with Chenel Kruger-Nel 2:52 better than the field Why ↓

    5:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:34 faster for everyone, so 2:52 of it was this pair.

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  5. Perth
    5 Sep 2025
    Individual Open · Men
    1:13:35 PB
    45/307
    Beat 85%
  6. Sydney
    4 Jul 2025
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:05:13
    62/1233
    Beat 95%
  7. Brisbane
    1 Mar 2025
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:10:06
    181/887
    Beat 80%

Personal bests, by station

3:44
Sydney 2026
1:29
Perth 2025
2:14
Sydney 2026
2:02
Brisbane 2026
3:55
Brisbane 2026
1:15
Sydney 2026
2:40
Sydney 2025
3:31
Brisbane 2025

Station by station, race by race

Doubles Open · Mixed Doubles Open · Men Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
3:58 3:44
50m Sled Push
2:09 1:29
50m Sled Pull
3:03 2:14
80m Burpee Broad Jump
2:52 2:02
1000m Row
4:30 3:55
200m Farmers Carry
1:32 1:15
100m Sandbag Lunges
3:04 2:40
Wall Balls
3:41 3:31