The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ben Blowes finished 468th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:15:22, faster than 75% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 83% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 58% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:51 slower than the median. Time in the roxzone, 3:45, was faster than 92% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Birmingham 2023 were 5:16 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 5:02v median −0:18
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 4:38v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 4:52v median −0:35
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 4:55v median −0:31
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Block 05 9:22Running 5 4:54v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:24Running 6 4:45v median −0:48
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Block 07 10:41Running 7 4:48v median −0:44
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Block 08 10:06Running 8 3:31v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:45
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.