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Ruben Van De Plas

Since 2024, Ruben Van De Plas has raced HYROX 20 times at 16 events across 6 categories, the men's Doubles Open most often (8). The fastest of 8 in the men's Doubles Open is 54:34 at Hamburg 2026, first of 219 men's teams. In the top 10% of the field 10 times.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Men
54:34
Hamburg 2026
Doubles Pro · Men
56:45
Heerenveen 2026
Individual Pro · Men
1:05:33
Toulouse 2026
Doubles Open · Mixed
1:05:44
Valencia 2026
Individual Open · Men
1:02:01
Vienna 2026

Progress against the field

Ruben Van De Plas and Denny Layik have gained 6:31 on the field from Maastricht 2025 to Amsterdam 2026.

The clock says 11:45 faster, but the races themselves got 5:14 quicker for everyone.

Time ahead of the field Up is better
Maastricht 2025 Amsterdam 2026

The largest gain on the field came from Maastricht 2025 → Utrecht 2025: 6:39 in 70 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. The summary above covers Doubles Pro · Men, with Denny Layik, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.

Every race

20 races · 16 events

  1. Hamburg
    28 Oct 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    54:34 PB
    1/219
    Beat 100%
  2. Valencia
    17 Oct 2026
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:05:44 PB
    47/743
    Beat 94%
  3. Geneva
    9 Oct 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    54:38
    5/1072
    Beat 100%
  4. Maastricht
    19 Sep 2026
    Doubles Pro · Men
    58:10
    29/316
    Beat 91%
  5. Maastricht
    19 Sep 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    58:52
    10/239
    Beat 96%
  6. Berlin
    22 May 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    58:55
    13/233
    Beat 94%
  7. Barcelona
    14 May 2026
    Individual Pro · Men
    1:10:08
    153/618
    Beat 75%
    ↑ 56 days after Toulouse 2026 6:00 worse than the field Why ↓

    4:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:25 faster for everyone: 6:00 lost to the field.

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  8. Heerenveen
    14 May 2026
    Relay · Men
    55:47
    8/55
    Beat 86%
  9. Heerenveen
    14 May 2026
    Doubles Pro · Men
    56:45 PB
    24/315
    Beat 92%
  10. Rotterdam
    15 Apr 2026
    Doubles Pro · Men
    57:25
    37/385
    Beat 90%
  11. Mechelen
    26 Mar 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    58:40
    22/593
    Beat 96%
  12. Toulouse
    19 Mar 2026
    Individual Pro · Men
    1:05:33 PB
    20/134
    Beat 85%
  13. Vienna
    6 Feb 2026
    Individual Open · Men
    1:02:01 PB
    18/1311
    Beat 99%
  14. Amsterdam
    21 Jan 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:11:49
    10/51
    Beat 80%
  15. Amsterdam
    21 Jan 2026
    Doubles Pro · Men
    1:01:50
    23/94
    Beat 76%
    ↑ 54 days after Utrecht 2025, with Denny Layik 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓

    Moved with the field: 3:39 faster on the clock, against 3:47 faster for everyone.

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  16. Verona
    5 Dec 2025
    Individual Pro · Men
    1:07:34
    33/283
    Beat 88%
  17. Utrecht
    28 Nov 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:23:23
    692/879
    Beat 21%
  18. Utrecht
    28 Nov 2025
    Doubles Pro · Men
    1:05:29
    27/148
    Beat 82%
    ↑ 70 days after Maastricht 2025, with Denny Layik 6:39 better than the field Why ↓

    8:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, so 6:39 of it was this pair.

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  19. Maastricht
    19 Sep 2025
    Doubles Pro · Men
    1:13:35
    69/102
    Beat 32%
  20. Rotterdam
    6 Apr 2024
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:22:45
    516/722
    Beat 29%

Personal bests, by station

3:23
Hamburg 2026
1:05
Mechelen 2026
2:23
Geneva 2026
1:49
Maastricht 2026
3:43
Hamburg 2026
1:17
Berlin 2026
2:34
Maastricht 2026
3:17
Maastricht 2026

Station by station, race by race

Doubles Open · Men Doubles Pro · Men Individual Pro · Men Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
4:08 3:23
50m Sled Push
2:36 1:05
50m Sled Pull
4:24 2:23
80m Burpee Broad Jump
3:47 1:49
1000m Row
4:45 3:43
200m Farmers Carry
2:03 1:17
100m Sandbag Lunges
4:28 2:34
Wall Balls
4:52 3:17