RSA Carel van der Merwe
3 HYROX races over 3 seasons, all in a team with 3 partners.
One best per race type
Doubles Men: finish time, race by race
Oldest to newest; a line going down means getting fasterEach dot is one Doubles Men race. Not enough complete, clean Doubles Men races yet to measure the change. Team times are shared with a partner, so they move with who you race with.
3 results
| Race | Division | Time | Place | Runs | Stations | Roxzone | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town 2026 15 Aug 2026team: Zarli Minnie, Carel Van Der Merwewhole field → | Doubles Mixed · team 25-29 | 1:40:45 | 728th of 988143rd of 201 aged 25-29 | 1:00:37 | 31:22 | 8:49 | View results | See splits Hide splitsSkiErg4:21fastest 49%Sled push1:58faster than 50%Sled pull3:43fastest 37%Burpee broad jump4:47faster than 23%Row5:07faster than 31%Farmers carry2:16faster than 11%Sandbag lunges4:10fastest 44%Wall balls5:00fastest 46%Runs (8 km)1:00:37faster than 20%Roxzone8:49faster than 20%Run 14:37faster than 48%Run 26:59faster than 26%Run 36:34faster than 47%Run 47:36faster than 23%Run 57:40faster than 26%Run 67:51faster than 23%Run 78:36faster than 15%Run 810:47faster than 7%Full report for this race → |
| Cape Town 2025 19 Jul 2025team: Schalk Van Der Merwe, Carel Van Der Merwewhole field → | Doubles Men · team 25-29 | 1:29:46 | 351st of 47796th of 123 aged 25-29 | 50:15 | 31:42 | 7:54 | View results | See splits Hide splitsSkiErg4:14faster than 19%Sled push1:55faster than 16%Sled pull3:40faster than 26%Burpee broad jump3:16faster than 48%Row4:33fastest 49%Farmers carry1:52faster than 18%Sandbag lunges6:52Wall balls5:20faster than 31%Runs (8 km)50:15faster than 34%Roxzone7:54faster than 28%Run 15:42faster than 11%Run 25:25fastest 44%Run 35:42fastest 37%Run 45:50fastest 41%Run 56:18faster than 45%Run 66:08faster than 44%Run 77:29faster than 12%Run 87:45faster than 23%Full report for this race → |
| Johannesburg (I) 2025 1 Mar 2025team: Eugene Strauss, Carel Van der Merwewhole field → | Doubles Men · team 40-49 | 1:30:01 | 216th of 32545th of 68 aged 40-49 | 50:33 | 37:42 | 1:51 | View results | See splits Hide splitsSkiErg4:09faster than 39%Sled push1:53faster than 39%Sled pull3:29fastest 49%Burpee broad jump3:35faster than 47%Row13:42faster than 3%Farmers carry1:51faster than 33%Sandbag lunges3:50faster than 38%Wall balls5:13faster than 23%Runs (8 km)50:33faster than 43%Roxzone1:51fastest 2%Run 14:25faster than 31%Run 26:13faster than 32%Run 36:27faster than 38%Run 46:24faster than 45%Run 57:11faster than 31%Run 66:34faster than 43%Run 76:26fastest 50%Run 86:57fastest 47%Full report for this race → |
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; for a team it is the team’s age group. How the numbers are made.
The fastest Carel has done each station
| Part | Best | Race | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkiErg | 4:09 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 4:04 |
| Sled push | 1:53 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 1:50 |
| Sled pull | 3:29 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 3:20 |
| Burpee broad jump | 3:16 | Cape Town 2025 · best of 2 | 3:13 |
| Row | 4:33 | Cape Town 2025 · best of 2 | 4:32 |
| Farmers carry | 1:51 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 1:40 |
| Sandbag lunges | 3:50 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 3:35 |
| Wall balls | 5:13 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 4:23 |
| Runs (8 km) | 50:15 | Cape Town 2025 · best of 2 | 42:19 |
| Roxzone | 1:51 | Johannesburg (I) 2025 · best of 2 | 6:48 |
How to read
Each station's best across Carel's Doubles Men races, from different races, against the typical Doubles Men split. Venues differ (sled carpets, run laps, where the mats sit), so a best can owe something to the venue.
3 team partners
- Eugene Strauss1 race
- Schalk Van Der Merwe1 race
- Zarli Minnie1 race
From the team results above. A name opens the search: a partner can have more than one page.
Cape Town 2025, against 477 Doubles Men
Shape of the race
Further out means you beat more of the field on that part. A dent is a weak spot.
How you ranked on each station
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Doubles Men finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.
The race as one bar: Carel against the typical Doubles Men finisher
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sandbag lunges cost 3:18 against the typical Doubles Men finisher at Cape Town 2025. The sandbag lunges guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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