The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Billy Goldsmith finished 605th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:17:38, faster than 68% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:50 on the median. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:43, was faster than 92% 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 9:11Running 1 5:01v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:04v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:18v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 5:14v median −0:12
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Block 05 10:01Running 5 5:35v median −0:07
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Block 06 7:13Running 6 5:22v median −0:11
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 5:19v median −0:13
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 4:00v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:43
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.