The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ermias Desta finished 1,080th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:26:56.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:04 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:24Running 1 5:15v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 4:49v median −0:15
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 5:13v median −0:14
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 5:05v median −0:21
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:08v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:58v median −0:35
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 4:54v median −0:38
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Block 08 15:43Running 8 4:02v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:27
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.