Athlete · Open Women · 55-59 · GBR GBR

Karen Marsh

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

Best Open Women time1:28:32London ExCeL 2025
Best Open Women place1236thof 2,921 · London ExCeL 2025
Latest race1:14:03Cardiff 2026 · Doubles Women with Alice GouldKaren's best Doubles Women time so far
Strongest part of the raceSkiErgfaster than 83% of Open Women at London ExCeL 2025
Personal bests

One best per race type

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

Finish time, race by race: one race type at a time

Oldest to newest; a line going down means getting faster
1:29:001:30:001:31:001:32:001:33:00 best 1:28:32

This line shows the finish time of Karen Marsh at each race, oldest on the left; lower is faster.The best was 1:28:32 at London ExCeL (Dec 2025); Karen Marsh was 4:31 faster at the latest race than at the first.

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Race Date Division Finish
London May 2025 Open Women 1:33:03
London ExCeL Dec 2025 Open Women 1:28:32

Each dot is one Open Women race; click one for that race's report. Not enough complete, clean Open Women races yet to measure the change.

Every race

4 results at 4 races

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Doubles Women, team 45-49, with Alice Gould 1:14:03 315th of 2,444; 10th of 209 aged 45-49 43:12 27:40 3:11† Runs 43:12 · Stations 27:40 · Roxzone 3:11

315th of 2,444 Doubles Women (faster than 87%). Against the 75 who finished around 1:14:54: most time gained on sled pull (0:14), most lost on wall balls (0:25). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:41 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 0:51 more).

Karen Marsh at HYROX Cardiff 2026, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 2,444 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,444 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 5:56 6:21 faster than 69%
SkiErg: 4:24 4:50 faster than 95%
Run 2: 5:08 5:47 faster than 81%
Sled push: 1:47 1:52 faster than 63%
Run 3: 5:06 6:03 faster than 89%
Sled pull: 3:19 3:55 faster than 86%
Run 4: 5:07 6:05 faster than 88%
Burpee broad jump: 3:48 4:41 faster than 81%
Run 5: 5:19 6:11 faster than 84%
Row: 4:45 5:13 faster than 92%
Run 6: 5:45 6:27 faster than 78%
Farmers carry: 2:16 2:22 faster than 61%
Run 7: 4:52 5:47 faster than 88%
Sandbag lunges: 3:05 3:37 faster than 79%
Run 8: 6:02 6:59 faster than 83%
Wall balls: 4:16 4:20 faster than 55%
Roxzone †: 3:11
Runs (8 km) 43:12 49:56 faster than 85%
Stations (8) 27:40
Finish 1:14:03 1:25:36 315th of 2,444 · faster than 87%

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Open Women, 55-59 1:28:32 1236th of 2,921; 12th of 61 aged 55-59 35:14* 41:51* 11:31 Runs 35:14 · Stations 41:51 · Roxzone 11:31

1,236th of 2,921 Open Women (faster than 57%). Against the 88 who finished around 1:27:38: most time gained on the eight runs (1:25), most lost on sled pull (1:20). Runs 5 to 8 took 3:22 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 3:17 more).

Karen Marsh at HYROX London ExCeL 2025, Open Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Women at this race, and the share of the 2,921 Open Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 2,921 Open Women here
Run 1: 3:27 3:39 faster than 63%
SkiErg: 5:13 5:33 faster than 82%
Run 2: 4:17 4:20 faster than 53%
Sled push: 2:27 2:46 faster than 72%
Run 3: 4:06 4:30 faster than 73%
Sled pull: 6:31 5:34 faster than 23%
Run 4: 4:08 4:35 faster than 74%
Burpee broad jump: 6:50 6:43 faster than 47%
Run 5: 4:26 4:39 faster than 63%
Row: 5:20 5:34 faster than 71%
Run 6: 4:24 4:37 faster than 62%
Farmers carry: 2:38 2:11 faster than 22%
Run 7: 4:25 4:36 faster than 60%
Sandbag lunges: 5:23 5:02 faster than 39%
Run 8: 6:05 6:33 faster than 67%
Wall balls: 7:29 6:49 faster than 38%
Roxzone: 11:31 13:10 faster than 77%
Runs (8 km) 35:14 37:29 faster than 66%
Stations (8) 41:51
Finish 1:28:32 1:31:10 1236th of 2,921 · faster than 57%

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Open Women, 55-59 1:33:03 748th of 1,368; 4th of 18 aged 55-59 48:01 40:10 4:57 Runs 48:01 · Stations 40:10 · Roxzone 4:57

748th of 1,368 Open Women (faster than 45%). Against the 41 who finished around 1:33:13: most time gained on the roxzone (1:14), most lost on the eight runs (2:53). Runs 5 to 8 took 7:42 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 2:16 more).

Karen Marsh at HYROX London 2025, Open Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Open Women at this race, and the share of the 1,368 Open Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 1,368 Open Women here
Run 1: 5:10 5:17 faster than 56%
SkiErg: 4:51 5:04 faster than 74%
Run 2: 4:59 5:08 faster than 58%
Sled push: 3:04 2:44 faster than 30%
Run 3: 5:06 5:22 faster than 62%
Sled pull: 4:56 5:16 faster than 63%
Run 4: 4:56 5:24 faster than 72%
Burpee broad jump: 6:46 6:30 faster than 44%
Run 5: 5:19 5:34 faster than 61%
Row: 5:12 5:22 faster than 63%
Run 6: 9:56 5:28 faster than 0%
Farmers carry: 3:11 2:21 faster than 12%
Run 7: 5:32 5:30 faster than 48%
Sandbag lunges: 4:56 5:06 faster than 55%
Run 8: 7:06 7:15 faster than 54%
Wall balls: 7:14 6:49 faster than 41%
Roxzone: 4:57 6:03 faster than 81%
Runs (8 km) 48:01 45:13 faster than 36%
Stations (8) 40:10
Finish 1:33:03 1:31:16 748th of 1,368 · faster than 45%

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Doubles Women, team 50-59, with Hannah Sargeant 1:22:51 572nd of 1,370; 9th of 53 aged 50-59 43:44 32:20 6:53 Runs 43:44 · Stations 32:20 · Roxzone 6:53

572nd of 1,370 Doubles Women (faster than 58%). Against the 43 who finished around 1:22:39: most time gained on the eight runs (2:33), most lost on burpee broad jump (1:14). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:52 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 0:11 more).

Karen Marsh at HYROX Birmingham 2024, Doubles Women: every split in race order, the typical split of Doubles Women at this race, and the share of the 1,370 Doubles Women finishers here who were slower on that part.
Part Time Typical here vs 1,370 Doubles Women here
Run 1: 6:04 6:28 faster than 69%
SkiErg: 4:52 4:37 faster than 23%
Run 2: 5:05 5:33 faster than 77%
Sled push: 2:09 1:46 faster than 11%
Run 3: 5:11 5:45 faster than 81%
Sled pull: 4:29 4:01 faster than 25%
Run 4: 5:08 5:50 faster than 85%
Burpee broad jump: 5:14 4:13 faster than 22%
Run 5: 5:33 5:56 faster than 69%
Row: 4:58 5:04 faster than 59%
Run 6: 5:29 5:53 faster than 71%
Farmers carry: 1:48 1:48 faster than 51%
Run 7: 5:53 5:53 faster than 50%
Sandbag lunges: 4:02 3:31 faster than 25%
Run 8: 5:26 6:06 faster than 80%
Wall balls: 4:48 4:22 faster than 29%
Roxzone: 6:53 8:05 faster than 76%
Runs (8 km) 43:44 47:20 faster than 74%
Stations (8) 32:20
Finish 1:22:51 1:24:53 572nd of 1,370 · faster than 58%

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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. * At that edition running was under 44% of the typical finish (48% is normal): the timing mats counted some running as station time, so its runs look faster and its stations slower than they were.

Best splits · Open Women

The fastest Karen has done each station

Part Best Race Typical
SkiErg 4:51 London 2025 · best of 2 5:16
Sled push 2:27 London ExCeL 2025 · best of 2 2:55
Sled pull 4:56 London 2025 · best of 2 5:47
Burpee broad jump 6:46 London 2025 · best of 2 6:46
Row 5:12 London 2025 · best of 2 5:31
Farmers carry 2:38 London ExCeL 2025 · best of 2 2:19
Sandbag lunges 4:56 London 2025 · best of 2 5:13
Wall balls 7:14 London 2025 · best of 2 6:43
Runs (8 km) 35:14 London ExCeL 2025 · best of 2 46:44
Roxzone 4:57 London 2025 · best of 2 7:57
How to read

Each station's best across Karen's Open Women races, from different races, against the typical Open Women split. Venues differ (sled carpets, run laps, where the mats sit), so a best can owe something to the venue.

Raced with

2 team partners

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

Station profile · best Open Women race

London ExCeL 2025, against 2,921 Open Women

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Shape of the race

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

This chart shows where Karen 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 83% of the field), weakest on Carry (faster than 22%).

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Part Karen: faster than
Ski 83%
Push 73%
Pull 24%
BBJ 47%
Row 71%
Carry 22%
Lunges 39%
Wall balls 39%
Roxzone 77%
Runs 67%

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 83%
Sled push faster than 73%
Sled pull faster than 24%
Burpee broad jump faster than 47%
Row faster than 71%
Farmers carry faster than 22%
Sandbag lunges faster than 39%
Wall balls faster than 39%
Roxzone faster than 77%
Runs (8 km) faster than 67%

How much of the field Karen beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: SkiErg (faster than 83%); weakest: Farmers carry (faster than 22%).

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

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:20 faster
Sled push 0:19 faster
Sled pull 0:57 slower
Burpee broad jump 0:07 slower
Row 0:14 faster
Farmers carry 0:27 slower
Sandbag lunges 0:21 slower
Wall balls 0:40 slower
Roxzone 1:39 faster
Runs (8 km) 2:15 faster

Karen's time on each part against the typical Open Women finisher at this race.Best: Runs (8 km) (2:15 faster); weakest: Sled pull (0:57 slower).

Green, left of centre: faster than the typical Open Women finisher at this race. Orange, right: slower, and by how much.

The race as one bar: Karen against the typical Open Women finisher

Karen1:28:32
3:275:134:172:274:066:314:086:504:265:204:242:384:255:236:057:2911:31
Typical Open Women1:30:51
3:395:334:202:464:305:344:356:434:395:344:372:114:365:026:336:4913:10
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.Karen: 35:17 running, 41:50 at the stations and 11:31 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:29) and the shortest the sled push (2:27).Below, Typical Open Women: 37:29 running, 40:12 at the stations and 13:10 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:49).

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Part Karen Typical Open Women
Run 1 3:27 3:39
SkiErg 5:13 5:33
Run 2 4:17 4:20
Sled push 2:27 2:46
Run 3 4:06 4:30
Sled pull 6:31 5:34
Run 4 4:08 4:35
Burpee broad jump 6:50 6:43
Run 5 4:26 4:39
Row 5:20 5:34
Run 6 4:24 4:37
Farmers carry 2:38 2:11
Run 7 4:25 4:36
Sandbag lunges 5:23 5:02
Run 8 6:05 6:33
Wall balls 7:29 6:49
Roxzone 11:31 13:10
Finish 1:28:32 1:31:10

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

Sled pull cost 0:57 against the typical Open Women finisher at London ExCeL 2025. The sled pull guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

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