The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Mcclaren finished 1,578th of 1,860 men in the Open division at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, in 1:41:59.
The runs carried this race: faster than 40% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:21 slower than the median. A harder second half: 7:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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. 8:20 faster than at Barcelona 2023, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:10Running 1 4:51v median −0:29
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Block 02 8:20Running 2 5:14v median +0:10
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:55v median +0:28
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 5:36v median +0:10
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Block 05 10:49Running 5 5:57v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 5:48v median +0:15
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Block 07 14:32Running 7 6:20v median +0:48
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Block 08 18:03Running 8 5:05v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:50
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.