The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Mede finished 1,458th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:37:03.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:27 on the median. A harder second half: 2:03 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 9:39Running 1 5:23v median +0:03
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 7:42v median +2:38
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Block 03 13:01Running 3 7:59v median +2:32
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 8:04v median +2:38
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Block 05 13:12Running 5 8:41v median +2:59
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 8:30v median +2:57
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Block 07 11:39Running 7 5:33v median +0:01
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Block 08 12:24Running 8 7:14v median +2:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:46
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.