The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joe Bignell finished 963rd of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:24:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 40% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:35. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 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 9:47Running 1 5:13v median −0:07
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 4:52v median −0:12
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Block 03 10:24Running 3 5:14v median −0:13
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Block 04 9:18Running 4 5:20v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:33v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 4:59v median −0:34
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Block 07 12:04Running 7 5:27v median −0:05
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Block 08 10:29Running 8 3:49v median −0:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:10
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.