The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Oliver Vagg finished 1,007th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:25:18.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 29% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:44 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:45Running 1 5:10v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:08Running 2 4:56v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:02v median −0:25
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 5:12v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:37v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:27v median −0:06
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 5:16v median −0:16
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 4:06v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
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.