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Athlete South Africa

Ruan Taljaard

In 2025, Ruan Taljaard has raced HYROX 3 times, every one in the men's Doubles Open. The fastest of 3 is 1:17:32 at Cape Town 2025, 195th of 477 men's teams, faster than 59% of the field. With Ewan Visser both times, that is 4:28 quicker on the clock than the first of them, at Johannesburg I 2025.

Best finish, by category
Doubles Open · Men
1:17:32
Cape Town 2025

Progress against the field

Between Johannesburg I 2025 and Cape Town 2025, Ruan Taljaard and Ewan Visser lost 1:46 to the field.

Over the same races everyone got 6:14 quicker, so 4:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.

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

3 races · 3 events

  1. London Excel
    4 Dec 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:39:01
    1768/1815
    Beat 3%
  2. Cape Town
    19 Jul 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:17:32 PB
    195/477
    Beat 59%
    ↑ 140 days after Johannesburg I 2025, with Ewan Visser 1:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓

    4:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:46 behind the field.

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  3. Johannesburg I
    1 Mar 2025
    Doubles Open · Men
    1:22:00
    128/325
    Beat 61%

Personal bests, by station

4:03
Johannesburg I 2025
1:23
Cape Town 2025
2:34
Cape Town 2025
2:27
Cape Town 2025
4:30
Cape Town 2025
1:27
Cape Town 2025
3:17
Cape Town 2025
4:09
Johannesburg I 2025

Station by station, race by race

Doubles Open · Men Faster is lower
1000m SkiErg
4:35 4:03
50m Sled Push
1:43 1:23
50m Sled Pull
3:49 2:34
80m Burpee Broad Jump
5:29 2:27
1000m Row
39:52 4:30
200m Farmers Carry
1:57 1:27
100m Sandbag Lunges
4:55 3:17
Wall Balls
6:51 4:09