The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, Ollie Strickland crossed the line in 1:15:43: 492nd of 1,860 men, faster than 74% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 89% of the field beaten on the stations, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:46 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Sports Direct HYROX London gained about 1:15.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:08Running 1 5:07v median −0:13
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:54v median −0:10
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 5:23v median −0:04
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 5:29v median +0:03
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:40v median −0:02
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:38v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 5:10v median −0:22
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 4:15v median −0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.