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Ben Cottrell

Ben Cottrell has raced HYROX 7 times since 2023, in 3 categories, most often the men's Doubles Open (4). The fastest of 4 in the men's Doubles Open is 55:31 at Berlin 2025, a top-10% finish: 10th of 496 men's teams. With Chris Churchett both times, that is 10:15 quicker on the clock than the first of them, at London 2023.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Men
55:31
Berlin 2025
Doubles Pro · Men
57:58
London Excel 2025
Individual Open · Men
1:09:53
Birmingham 2025

Progress against the field

From London 2023 to Berlin 2025, Ben Cottrell and Chris Churchett got 2:38 faster than the field.

Over the same races everyone got 7:37 quicker, so 10:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.

Time ahead of the field Up is better
London 2023 Berlin 2025

209 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and London 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:02 behind the field.

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 Open · Men, with Chris Churchett, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.

Every race

7 races · 7 events

  1. London Olympia
    24 Mar 2026
    Doubles Pro · Men
    1:00:29
    103/484
    Beat 79%
    ↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Chris Churchett 3:02 worse than the field Why ↓

    3:02 behind the field: 2:31 slower on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.

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  2. London Excel
    4 Dec 2025
    Doubles Pro · Men
    57:58 PB
    38/263
    Beat 86%
  3. Birmingham
    22 Oct 2025
    Individual Open · Men
    1:09:53 PB
    237/1821
    Beat 87%
  4. Berlin
    16 May 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    55:31 PB
    10/496
    Beat 98%
    ↑ 168 days after London 2024, with Chris Churchett 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓

    3:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:34 behind the field.

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  5. London
    29 Nov 2024
    Doubles Open · Men
    58:43
    22/444
    Beat 95%
    ↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, with Chris Churchett 1:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓

    1:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 1:02 was lost on the field.

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  6. Sports Direct HYROX London
    4 May 2024
    Doubles Open · Men
    59:54
    37/1033
    Beat 96%
    ↑ 160 days after London 2023, with Chris Churchett 4:14 better than the field Why ↓

    5:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:38 faster for everyone, so 4:14 of it was this pair.

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  7. London
    26 Nov 2023
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:05:46
    232/1003
    Beat 77%

Personal bests, by station

3:41
Berlin 2025
1:17
Berlin 2025
2:18
Berlin 2025
2:17
London Excel 2025
3:59
London 2024
1:10
Berlin 2025
2:30
London 2024
3:38
Berlin 2025

Station by station, race by race

Doubles Open · Men Doubles Pro · Men Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
4:11 3:41
50m Sled Push
2:06 1:17
50m Sled Pull
3:24 2:18
80m Burpee Broad Jump
2:29 2:17
1000m Row
4:16 3:59
200m Farmers Carry
1:39 1:10
100m Sandbag Lunges
3:14 2:30
Wall Balls
4:10 3:38