The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Mark Ovens at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024: 1:09:00, 156th of 1,860 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:45 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:08 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:38, was faster than 94% of the field.
Sports Direct HYROX London gave the field time back: about 1:15 faster than the average race this season, by 1,203 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:05Running 1 4:48v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:23v median −0:41
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 4:39v median −0:48
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 4:53v median −0:33
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Block 05 9:26Running 5 4:43v median −0:59
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:49v median −0:44
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Block 07 8:09Running 7 4:23v median −1:09
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Block 08 8:36Running 8 3:31v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:38
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1844
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,844 men who finished.