USA Alex Kao
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Men time: 1:56:39 at Taipei 2026.
1 result at 1 race
989th of 1,195 Open Men (faster than 17%). Against the 36 who finished around 1:59:53: most time gained on the roxzone (3:19), most lost on the eight runs (9:47). Runs 5 to 8 took 14:44 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 4:19 more).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 1,195 Open Men here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 6:10 | 5:26 | faster than 21% |
| SkiErg: | 5:41 | 4:54 | faster than 7% |
| Run 2: | 5:30 | 4:58 | faster than 27% |
| Sled push: | 5:00 | 3:30 | faster than 8% |
| Run 3: | 6:13 | 5:21 | faster than 20% |
| Sled pull: | 6:55 | 5:43 | faster than 21% |
| Run 4: | 6:27 | 5:19 | faster than 16% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 5:40 | 5:49 | faster than 53% |
| Run 5: | 6:56 | 5:37 | faster than 17% |
| Row: | 5:24 | 5:07 | faster than 29% |
| Run 6: | 7:48 | 5:28 | faster than 8% |
| Farmers carry: | 3:17 | 2:30 | faster than 18% |
| Run 7: | 9:52 | 5:32 | faster than 2% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 5:19 | 5:54 | faster than 65% |
| Run 8: | 14:28 | 6:11 | faster than 3% |
| Wall balls: | 7:36 | 7:44 | faster than 51% |
| Roxzone: | 8:31 | 8:36 | faster than 51% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1:03:20 | 44:15 | faster than 7% |
| Stations (8) | 44:52 | ||
| Finish | 1:56:39 | 1:35:33 | 989th of 1,195 · faster than 17% |
How to read
Place is the position among timed finishers in the same race, division and gender; a doubles place is the team's. Runs is the organiser's official run total (it can differ from the eight laps added up by a few seconds), stations the eight stations added up, and roxzone the time moving between them. The age group is the one entered for that race.
Taipei 2026, against 1,195 Open Men
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Alex sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Lunges (faster than 65% of the field), weakest on Ski (faster than 8%).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 8% |
| Push | 9% |
| Pull | 22% |
| BBJ | 54% |
| Row | 30% |
| Carry | 18% |
| Lunges | 65% |
| Wall balls | 52% |
| Roxzone | 52% |
| Runs | 8% |
Further out means you beat more of the field on that part. A dent is a weak spot.
How you ranked on each station
How much of the field Alex beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Sandbag lunges (faster than 65%); weakest: SkiErg (faster than 8%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Alex's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Sandbag lunges (0:35 faster); weakest: Runs (8 km) (19:05 slower).
Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Open Men finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.
The race as one bar: Alex against the typical Open Men finisher
This chart draws the race in order, left to right: each 1 km run (blue), each station (yellow) and the roxzone (grey), sized by its time.Alex: 1:03:25 running, 44:52 at the stations and 8:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:36).Below, Typical Open Men: 43:52 running, 41:11 at the stations and 8:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:44).
See the numbers
| Part | Alex | Typical Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:10 | 5:26 |
| SkiErg | 5:41 | 4:54 |
| Run 2 | 5:30 | 4:58 |
| Sled push | 5:00 | 3:30 |
| Run 3 | 6:13 | 5:21 |
| Sled pull | 6:55 | 5:43 |
| Run 4 | 6:27 | 5:19 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:40 | 5:49 |
| Run 5 | 6:56 | 5:37 |
| Row | 5:24 | 5:07 |
| Run 6 | 7:48 | 5:28 |
| Farmers carry | 3:17 | 2:30 |
| Run 7 | 9:52 | 5:32 |
| Sandbag lunges | 5:19 | 5:54 |
| Run 8 | 14:28 | 6:11 |
| Wall balls | 7:36 | 7:44 |
| Roxzone | 8:31 | 8:36 |
| Finish | 1:56:39 | 1:35:33 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sled push cost 1:30 against the typical Open Men finisher at Taipei 2026. The sled push guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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