The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:51 at Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 put Darren Placid 1,598th of 1,860 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 7:33 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 9:54Running 1 5:45v median +0:25
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 5:42v median +0:38
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 6:06v median +0:39
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Block 04 13:30Running 4 6:58v median +1:32
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Block 05 13:28Running 5 8:24v median +2:42
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 7:15v median +1:42
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Block 07 15:20Running 7 7:48v median +2:16
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Block 08 15:19Running 8 6:56v median +2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.