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Athlete Ireland

James Butler

Since 2024, James Butler has raced HYROX 4 times across 2 categories, the men's Doubles Open most often (3). 1:08:32 at Dublin 2025 is the fastest of 3 in the men's Doubles Open, 244th of 667 men's teams and ahead of 63% of the field. With Barry Kelly both times, that is 1:42 quicker on the clock than the first of them, at Malaga 2025.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Men
1:08:32
Dublin 2025
Doubles Open · Mixed
1:22:49
Melbourne 2024

Progress against the field

From Malaga 2025 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 3:37 on James Butler and Barry Kelly.

Over the same races everyone got 4:23 quicker, so 0:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.

Time ahead of the field Up is better
Malaga 2025 London Olympia 2026

236 days between Malaga 2025 and Dublin 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:04 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.

Every race

4 races · 4 events

  1. London Olympia
    24 Mar 2026
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:09:28
    93/207
    Beat 55%
    ↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025, with Barry Kelly 2:33 worse than the field Why ↓

    2:33 behind the field: 0:56 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.

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  2. Dublin
    12 Nov 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:08:32 PB
    244/667
    Beat 63%
    ↑ 236 days after Malaga 2025, with Barry Kelly 1:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓

    1:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:04 behind the field.

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  3. Malaga
    21 Mar 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:10:14
    309/704
    Beat 56%
  4. Melbourne
    Date unknown
    Doubles Open · Mixed
    1:22:49 PB
    444/749
    Beat 41%

Personal bests, by station

3:58
Dublin 2025
1:33
Dublin 2025
2:46
Malaga 2025
2:56
Malaga 2025
4:20
Dublin 2025
1:31
Dublin 2025
3:18
Malaga 2025
4:20
Malaga 2025

Station by station, race by race

Doubles Open · Men Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
4:22 3:58
50m Sled Push
2:01 1:33
50m Sled Pull
2:59 2:46
80m Burpee Broad Jump
3:31 2:56
1000m Row
4:30 4:20
200m Farmers Carry
2:04 1:31
100m Sandbag Lunges
3:51 3:18
Wall Balls
4:41 4:20