USA Brian Birch
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Men time: 1:26:53 at New York 2026.
1 result at 1 race
1,741st of 4,637 Open Men (faster than 62%). Against the 139 who finished around 1:28:01: most time gained on wall balls (1:10), most lost on the eight runs (2:27). Runs 5 to 8 took 3:20 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:36 more).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 4,637 Open Men here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 5:24 | 5:15 | faster than 43% |
| SkiErg: | 4:22 | 4:36 | faster than 75% |
| Run 2: | 5:09 | 4:58 | faster than 42% |
| Sled push: | 3:30 | 3:08 | faster than 31% |
| Run 3: | 5:21 | 5:19 | faster than 49% |
| Sled pull: | 3:51 | 4:56 | faster than 86% |
| Run 4: | 5:19 | 5:20 | faster than 51% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 5:14 | 5:46 | faster than 62% |
| Run 5: | 5:48 | 5:37 | faster than 44% |
| Row: | 4:47 | 4:59 | faster than 67% |
| Run 6: | 6:14 | 5:29 | faster than 28% |
| Farmers carry: | 2:08 | 2:23 | faster than 69% |
| Run 7: | 5:30 | 5:27 | faster than 48% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 4:59 | 5:42 | faster than 70% |
| Run 8: | 7:01 | 7:07 | faster than 52% |
| Wall balls: | 6:02 | 7:40 | faster than 76% |
| Roxzone: | 6:23 | 7:00 | faster than 60% |
| Runs (8 km) | 45:43 | 45:00 | faster than 46% |
| Stations (8) | 34:53 | ||
| Finish | 1:26:53 | 1:32:38 | 1741st of 4,637 · faster than 62% |
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.
New York 2026, against 4,637 Open Men
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Brian sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Pull (faster than 87% of the field), weakest on Push (faster than 32%).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 75% |
| Push | 32% |
| Pull | 87% |
| BBJ | 62% |
| Row | 67% |
| Carry | 70% |
| Lunges | 70% |
| Wall balls | 77% |
| Roxzone | 60% |
| Runs | 47% |
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 Brian beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Sled pull (faster than 87%); weakest: Sled push (faster than 32%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Brian's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Wall balls (1:38 faster); weakest: Runs (8 km) (0:43 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: Brian 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.Brian: 45:46 running, 34:52 at the stations and 6:23 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:02).Below, Typical Open Men: 44:32 running, 39:10 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:40).
See the numbers
| Part | Brian | Typical Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:24 | 5:15 |
| SkiErg | 4:22 | 4:36 |
| Run 2 | 5:09 | 4:58 |
| Sled push | 3:30 | 3:08 |
| Run 3 | 5:21 | 5:19 |
| Sled pull | 3:51 | 4:56 |
| Run 4 | 5:19 | 5:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:14 | 5:46 |
| Run 5 | 5:48 | 5:37 |
| Row | 4:47 | 4:59 |
| Run 6 | 6:14 | 5:29 |
| Farmers carry | 2:08 | 2:23 |
| Run 7 | 5:30 | 5:27 |
| Sandbag lunges | 4:59 | 5:42 |
| Run 8 | 7:01 | 7:07 |
| Wall balls | 6:02 | 7:40 |
| Roxzone | 6:23 | 7:00 |
| Finish | 1:26:53 | 1:32:38 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sled push cost 0:22 against the typical Open Men finisher at New York 2026. The sled push guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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