The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Steve Payne finished 1,353rd of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:33:35.
The runs carried this race: faster than 81% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Sports Direct HYROX London ran fast: the 1,203 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:15 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:45Running 1 4:57v median −0:23
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 4:39v median −0:25
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 4:55v median −0:32
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 4:56v median −0:30
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 4:54v median −0:48
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Block 06 7:53Running 6 5:00v median −0:33
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Block 07 12:51Running 7 4:54v median −0:38
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 3:40v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.