Athlete · Open Men · 50-54 · GBR GBR

Darren James

www.roxtimes.com/athletes/darren-james-d6e99bcf

3 HYROX races over 3 seasons: 1 solo, 2 in a team with 2 partners.

Open Men time1:38:26Cardiff 2025
Open Men place1722ndof 2,041 · Cardiff 2025
Latest race1:51:48Rome 2026 · Doubles Mixed with Asha Mehboob30:00 slower than Darren's best Doubles Mixed time (1:21:48)
Strongest part of the raceSled pushfaster than 97% of Open Men at Cardiff 2025
Personal bests

One best per race type

solo, doubles and relay times are different races, so each has its own best

Doubles Mixed: finish time, race by race

Oldest to newest; a line going down means getting faster
1:25:001:30:001:35:001:40:001:45:001:50:00 best 1:21:48

This line shows the finish time of Darren James at each race, oldest on the left; lower is faster.The best was 1:21:48 at Bilbao (Feb 2026); Darren James was 30:00 slower at the latest race than at the first.

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Race Date Division Finish
Bilbao Feb 2026 Doubles Mixed 1:21:48
Rome Sep 2026 Doubles Mixed 1:51:48

Each dot is one Doubles Mixed race; click one for that race's report. Not enough complete, clean Doubles Mixed races yet to measure the change. Team times are shared with a partner, so they move with who you race with.

Every race

3 results at 3 races

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Rome 2026 23 Sep 2026
Race results
Doubles Mixed, team 30-34, with Asha Mehboob 1:51:48 2205th of 2,281; 593rd of 610 aged 30-34 58:13 41:45 11:55 Runs 58:13 · Stations 41:45 · Roxzone 11:55

2,205th of 2,281 Doubles Mixed (faster than 3%). Against the 69 who finished around 1:47:27: most time gained on the eight runs (0:34), most lost on burpee broad jump (3:55). Runs 5 to 8 took 3:36 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 1:05 more).

Darren James at HYROX Rome 2026, Doubles Mixed: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Mixed at this race, and the share of the 2,281 Doubles Mixed finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,281 Doubles Mixed here
Run 1: 7:58 6:45 faster than 12%
SkiErg: 4:28 4:19 faster than 33%
Run 2: 6:23 4:57 faster than 7%
Sled push: 2:58 2:28 faster than 19%
Run 3: 6:10 5:12 faster than 15%
Sled pull: 4:56 4:00 faster than 16%
Run 4: 6:50 5:13 faster than 7%
Burpee broad jump: 9:12 3:44 faster than 0%
Run 5: 6:49 5:19 faster than 9%
Row: 5:11 4:53 faster than 23%
Run 6: 6:42 5:15 faster than 9%
Farmers carry: 2:09 1:51 faster than 16%
Run 7: 6:20 5:18 faster than 16%
Sandbag lunges: 5:37 4:09 faster than 11%
Run 8: 11:06 6:00 faster than 0%
Wall balls: 7:14 4:34 faster than 6%
Roxzone: 11:55 6:49 faster than 0%
Runs (8 km) 58:13 44:06 faster than 6%
Stations (8) 41:45
Finish 1:51:48 1:21:46 2205th of 2,281 · faster than 3%

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Doubles Mixed, team 50-54, with Sarah Draper 1:21:48 610th of 867; 10th of 20 aged 50-54 47:21 26:04 8:27 Runs 47:21 · Stations 26:04 · Roxzone 8:27

610th of 867 Doubles Mixed (faster than 29%).

Darren James at HYROX Bilbao 2026, Doubles Mixed: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Mixed at this race, and the share of the 867 Doubles Mixed finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 867 Doubles Mixed here
Run 1: 5:47 5:19 faster than 28%
SkiErg: 3:56 4:17 faster than 93%
Run 2: 5:45 5:01 faster than 17%
Sled push: 2:01 2:13 faster than 75%
Run 3: 5:50 5:17 faster than 23%
Sled pull: 3:07 3:54 faster than 89%
Run 4: 6:00 5:17 faster than 18%
Burpee broad jump: 2:49 3:08 faster than 69%
Run 5: 6:04 5:21 faster than 20%
Row: 4:33 4:38 faster than 62%
Run 6: 5:51 5:18 faster than 26%
Farmers carry: 1:43 1:39 faster than 37%
Run 7: 5:53 5:19 faster than 26%
Sandbag lunges: 3:54 3:39 faster than 37%
Run 8: 6:16 5:26 faster than 18%
Wall balls: 4:01 4:13 faster than 65%
Roxzone: 8:27 5:49 faster than 7%
Runs (8 km) 47:21 42:23 faster than 22%
Stations (8) 26:04
Finish 1:21:48 1:16:17 610th of 867 · faster than 29%

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Open Men, 50-54 1:38:26 1722nd of 2,041; 68th of 95 aged 50-54 49:34 39:16 9:36† Runs 49:34 · Stations 39:16 · Roxzone 9:36

1,722nd of 2,041 Open Men (faster than 15%). Against the 62 who finished around 1:38:52: most time gained on burpee broad jump (1:53), most lost on the eight runs (3:25). Runs 5 to 8 took 1:00 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:24 more).

Darren James at HYROX Cardiff 2025, Open Men: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Men at this race, and the share of the 2,041 Open Men finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,041 Open Men here
Run 1: 6:28 4:52 faster than 5%
SkiErg: 4:47 4:32 faster than 23%
Run 2: 5:47 4:35 faster than 11%
Sled push: 2:09 2:59 faster than 97%
Run 3: 5:52 4:51 faster than 13%
Sled pull: 4:55 4:43 faster than 42%
Run 4: 6:10 4:53 faster than 9%
Burpee broad jump: 5:55 5:57 faster than 51%
Run 5: 6:03 4:59 faster than 15%
Row: 4:58 4:47 faster than 32%
Run 6: 6:07 4:54 faster than 11%
Farmers carry: 2:21 2:06 faster than 33%
Run 7: 5:51 4:54 faster than 15%
Sandbag lunges: 6:13 4:46 faster than 16%
Run 8: 7:16 5:50 faster than 14%
Wall balls: 7:58 6:41 faster than 29%
Roxzone †: 9:36
Runs (8 km) 49:34 40:14 faster than 10%
Stations (8) 39:16
Finish 1:38:26 1:22:29 1722nd of 2,041 · faster than 15%

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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. † This venue did not time the roxzone: the figure is the finish minus runs and stations, and part of the walk is inside the run laps there, so it is shorter than at other venues. The age group is the one entered for that race; for a team it is the team’s age group.

Raced with

2 team partners

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Station profile · best Open Men race

Cardiff 2025, against 2,041 Open Men

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Shape of the race

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns
Darrenedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

This chart shows where Darren sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Push (faster than 97% of the field), weakest on Roxzone (faster than 2%).

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Part Darren: faster than
Ski 23%
Push 97%
Pull 42%
BBJ 51%
Row 32%
Carry 34%
Lunges 16%
Wall balls 29%
Roxzone 2%
Runs 11%

Further out means you beat more of the field on that part. A dent is a weak spot.

How you ranked on each station

SkiErg faster than 23%
Sled push faster than 97%
Sled pull faster than 42%
Burpee broad jump faster than 51%
Row faster than 32%
Farmers carry faster than 34%
Sandbag lunges faster than 16%
Wall balls faster than 29%
Roxzone faster than 2%
Runs (8 km) faster than 11%

How much of the field Darren beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Sled push (faster than 97%); weakest: Roxzone (faster than 2%).

Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:15 slower
Sled push 0:50 faster
Sled pull 0:12 slower
Burpee broad jump 0:02 faster
Row 0:11 slower
Farmers carry 0:15 slower
Sandbag lunges 1:27 slower
Wall balls 1:17 slower
Roxzone 4:47 slower
Runs (8 km) 9:20 slower

Darren's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Sled push (0:50 faster); weakest: Runs (8 km) (9:20 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: Darren against the typical Open Men finisher

Darren1:38:26
6:284:475:472:095:524:556:105:556:034:586:072:215:516:137:167:589:36
Typical Open Men1:21:08
4:524:324:352:594:514:434:535:574:594:474:542:064:544:465:506:414:49
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Darren: 49:35 running, 39:17 at the stations and 9:36 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:58) and the shortest the sled push (2:09).Below, Typical Open Men: 39:48 running, 36:31 at the stations and 4:49 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:41).

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Part Darren Typical Open Men
Run 1 6:28 4:52
SkiErg 4:47 4:32
Run 2 5:47 4:35
Sled push 2:09 2:59
Run 3 5:52 4:51
Sled pull 4:55 4:43
Run 4 6:10 4:53
Burpee broad jump 5:55 5:57
Run 5 6:03 4:59
Row 4:58 4:47
Run 6 6:07 4:54
Farmers carry 2:21 2:06
Run 7 5:51 4:54
Sandbag lunges 6:13 4:46
Run 8 7:16 5:50
Wall balls 7:58 6:41
Roxzone 9:36 4:49
Finish 1:38:26 1:22:29

The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.

Roxzone cost 4:47 against the typical Open Men finisher at Cardiff 2025. The pacing guide is where that time comes back.

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