Athlete · Open Men · 40-44 · RSA RSA

Johan Nel

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5 HYROX races over 3 seasons: 1 solo, 4 in a team with 4 partners.

Open Men time1:44:18Cape Town 2024
Open Men place202ndof 247 · Cape Town 2024
Latest race1:17:46Cape Town 2026 · Doubles Mixed with Elriza RiddleJohan's best Doubles Mixed time so far
Strongest part of the raceSkiErgfaster than 48% of Open Men at Cape Town 2024
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
1:18:001:19:001:20:00 best 1:17:46

This line shows the finish time of Johan Nel at each race, oldest on the left; lower is faster.The best was 1:17:46 at Cape Town (Aug 2026); Johan Nel was 0:07 faster at the latest race than at the first.

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Race Date Division Finish
Cape Town Jul 2025 Doubles Mixed 1:17:53
Cape Town Aug 2026 Doubles Mixed 1:17:46

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

5 results at 5 races

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Doubles Mixed, team 30-34, with Elriza Riddle 1:17:46 231st of 988; 58th of 212 aged 30-34 45:07 27:55 4:48 Runs 45:07 · Stations 27:55 · Roxzone 4:48

231st of 988 Doubles Mixed (faster than 76%). Against the 32 who finished around 1:18:20: most time gained on wall balls (0:12), most lost on sandbag lunges (0:33). Runs 5 to 8 took 2:15 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:15 more).

Johan Nel at HYROX Cape Town 2026, Doubles Mixed: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Mixed at this race, and the share of the 988 Doubles Mixed finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 988 Doubles Mixed here
Run 1: 4:22 4:36 faster than 60%
SkiErg: 3:59 4:21 faster than 88%
Run 2: 5:40 6:12 faster than 69%
Sled push: 1:58 1:57 faster than 50%
Run 3: 5:36 6:30 faster than 80%
Sled pull: 3:44 4:00 faster than 62%
Run 4: 5:49 6:33 faster than 74%
Burpee broad jump: 3:41 3:50 faster than 56%
Run 5: 5:54 6:42 faster than 75%
Row: 4:26 4:53 faster than 84%
Run 6: 5:57 6:35 faster than 70%
Farmers carry: 1:46 1:50 faster than 62%
Run 7: 6:02 6:38 faster than 69%
Sandbag lunges: 4:13 4:19 faster than 54%
Run 8: 5:50 6:44 faster than 75%
Wall balls: 4:08 5:08 faster than 81%
Roxzone: 4:48 6:24 faster than 79%
Runs (8 km) 45:07 50:55 faster than 74%
Stations (8) 27:55
Finish 1:17:46 1:28:24 231st of 988 · faster than 76%

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Doubles Men, team 35-39, with Jonathan Bigham 1:12:36 39th of 439; 9th of 109 aged 35-39 44:39 21:53 6:08 Runs 44:39 · Stations 21:53 · Roxzone 6:08

39th of 439 Doubles Men (faster than 91%).

Johan Nel at HYROX Johannesburg 2025, Doubles Men: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Men at this race, and the share of the 439 Doubles Men finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 439 Doubles Men here
Run 1: 3:39 4:19 faster than 81%
SkiErg: 3:51 4:20 faster than 97%
Run 2: 5:04 5:56 faster than 86%
Sled push: 1:30 1:57 faster than 94%
Run 3: 5:48 6:20 faster than 72%
Sled pull: 2:39 3:36 faster than 93%
Run 4: 5:57 6:23 faster than 69%
Burpee broad jump: 2:17 3:39 faster than 97%
Run 5: 6:12 6:33 faster than 63%
Row: 3:55 4:42 faster than 99%
Run 6: 6:04 6:30 faster than 65%
Farmers carry: 1:25 1:44 faster than 91%
Run 7: 6:02 6:33 faster than 68%
Sandbag lunges: 2:34 3:48 faster than 99%
Run 8: 5:57 7:08 faster than 82%
Wall balls: 3:42 4:54 faster than 97%
Roxzone: 6:08 8:14 faster than 87%
Runs (8 km) 44:39 50:11 faster than 76%
Stations (8) 21:53
Finish 1:12:36 1:27:27 39th of 439 · faster than 91%

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Doubles Mixed, team 25-29, with Katherine Humphrey 1:17:53 155th of 547; 43rd of 127 aged 25-29 43:54 28:11 5:53 Runs 43:54 · Stations 28:11 · Roxzone 5:53

155th of 547 Doubles Mixed (faster than 71%).

Johan Nel at HYROX Cape Town 2025, Doubles Mixed: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Mixed at this race, and the share of the 547 Doubles Mixed finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 547 Doubles Mixed here
Run 1: 3:57 4:05 faster than 56%
SkiErg: 4:07 4:16 faster than 73%
Run 2: 5:39 5:53 faster than 58%
Sled push: 2:14 2:03 faster than 37%
Run 3: 5:43 6:16 faster than 70%
Sled pull: 3:16 4:00 faster than 85%
Run 4: 5:43 6:17 faster than 70%
Burpee broad jump: 3:14 3:36 faster than 66%
Run 5: 5:42 6:25 faster than 76%
Row: 4:54 4:52 faster than 48%
Run 6: 5:43 6:22 faster than 71%
Farmers carry: 1:53 1:46 faster than 33%
Run 7: 5:37 6:17 faster than 74%
Sandbag lunges: 3:44 3:56 faster than 59%
Run 8: 5:54 6:50 faster than 77%
Wall balls: 4:49 4:33 faster than 39%
Roxzone: 5:53 6:39 faster than 68%
Runs (8 km) 43:54 48:48 faster than 72%
Stations (8) 28:11
Finish 1:17:53 1:24:56 155th of 547 · faster than 71%

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Pro Doubles Men, team 30-39, with Luke Humphrey 1:18:19 36th of 61; 19th of 36 aged 30-39 43:46 28:27 6:09 Runs 43:46 · Stations 28:27 · Roxzone 6:09

36th of 61 Pro Doubles Men (faster than 41%).

Johan Nel at HYROX Johannesburg (I) 2025, Pro Doubles Men: every split in race order, the typical split of Pro Doubles Men at this race, and the share of the 61 Pro Doubles Men finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 61 Pro Doubles Men here
Run 1: 3:36 3:24 faster than 30%
SkiErg: 3:58 3:54 faster than 43%
Run 2: 4:57 5:00 faster than 55%
Sled push: 1:53 2:06 faster than 61%
Run 3: 5:31 5:23 faster than 44%
Sled pull: 4:25 4:34 faster than 57%
Run 4: 5:45 5:29 faster than 38%
Burpee broad jump: 3:01 2:46 faster than 33%
Run 5: 5:53 5:29 faster than 38%
Row: 5:04 4:28 faster than 18%
Run 6: 5:49 5:23 faster than 36%
Farmers carry: 2:04 1:41 faster than 6%
Run 7: 5:47 5:27 faster than 40%
Sandbag lunges: 3:39 3:39 faster than 51%
Run 8: 6:32 5:53 faster than 31%
Wall balls: 4:23 4:11 faster than 42%
Roxzone: 6:09 5:57 faster than 43%
Runs (8 km) 43:46 41:18 faster than 39%
Stations (8) 28:27
Finish 1:18:19 1:15:13 36th of 61 · faster than 41%

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Open Men, 40-44 1:44:18 202nd of 247; 30th of 38 aged 40-44 50:02 45:35 8:45 Runs 50:02 · Stations 45:35 · Roxzone 8:45

202nd of 247 Open Men (faster than 18%).

Johan Nel at HYROX Cape Town 2024, Open Men: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Men at this race, and the share of the 247 Open Men finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 247 Open Men here
Run 1: 4:51 4:58 faster than 56%
SkiErg: 4:19 4:18 faster than 48%
Run 2: 5:16 4:58 faster than 33%
Sled push: 2:15 2:08 faster than 41%
Run 3: 5:53 5:25 faster than 30%
Sled pull: 5:13 4:37 faster than 33%
Run 4: 6:07 5:29 faster than 24%
Burpee broad jump: 7:04 5:41 faster than 22%
Run 5: 7:19 5:45 faster than 9%
Row: 5:13 4:50 faster than 25%
Run 6: 6:13 5:27 faster than 19%
Farmers carry: 2:59 2:10 faster than 8%
Run 7: 6:30 5:26 faster than 14%
Sandbag lunges: 8:25 5:13 faster than 8%
Run 8: 7:57 6:06 faster than 12%
Wall balls: 10:07 6:44 faster than 9%
Roxzone: 8:45 7:00 faster than 24%
Runs (8 km) 50:02 44:16 faster than 19%
Stations (8) 45:35
Finish 1:44:18 1:26:55 202nd of 247 · faster than 18%

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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. The age group is the one entered for that race; for a team it is the team’s age group.

Raced with

4 team partners

From the team results above. A name opens the search: a partner can have more than one page.

Station profile · best Open Men race

Cape Town 2024, against 247 Open Men

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Shape of the race

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

This chart shows where Johan sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Ski (faster than 48% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 9%).

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Part Johan: faster than
Ski 48%
Push 41%
Pull 33%
BBJ 22%
Row 25%
Carry 9%
Lunges 9%
Wall balls 9%
Roxzone 24%
Runs 19%

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 48%
Sled push faster than 41%
Sled pull faster than 33%
Burpee broad jump faster than 22%
Row faster than 25%
Farmers carry faster than 9%
Sandbag lunges faster than 9%
Wall balls faster than 9%
Roxzone faster than 24%
Runs (8 km) faster than 19%

How much of the field Johan beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: SkiErg (faster than 48%); weakest: Farmers carry (faster than 9%).

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

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:01 slower
Sled push 0:07 slower
Sled pull 0:36 slower
Burpee broad jump 1:23 slower
Row 0:23 slower
Farmers carry 0:49 slower
Sandbag lunges 3:12 slower
Wall balls 3:23 slower
Roxzone 1:45 slower
Runs (8 km) 5:46 slower

Johan's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: SkiErg (0:01 slower); weakest: Runs (8 km) (5:46 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: Johan against the typical Open Men finisher

Johan1:44:18
4:514:195:162:155:535:136:077:047:195:136:132:596:308:257:5710:078:45
Typical Open Men1:26:15
4:584:184:582:085:254:375:295:415:454:505:272:105:265:136:066:447:00
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.Johan: 50:07 running, 45:36 at the stations and 8:45 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (10:07) and the shortest the sled push (2:15).Below, Typical Open Men: 43:34 running, 35:41 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44) and the shortest the sled push (2:08).

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Part Johan Typical Open Men
Run 1 4:51 4:58
SkiErg 4:19 4:18
Run 2 5:16 4:58
Sled push 2:15 2:08
Run 3 5:53 5:25
Sled pull 5:13 4:37
Run 4 6:07 5:29
Burpee broad jump 7:04 5:41
Run 5 7:19 5:45
Row 5:13 4:50
Run 6 6:13 5:27
Farmers carry 2:59 2:10
Run 7 6:30 5:26
Sandbag lunges 8:25 5:13
Run 8 7:57 6:06
Wall balls 10:07 6:44
Roxzone 8:45 7:00
Finish 1:44:18 1:26:55

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

Wall balls cost 3:23 against the typical Open Men finisher at Cape Town 2024. The wall balls guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

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