RSA Matt Piper
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Men time: 1:27:35 at Johannesburg 2026.
1 result at 1 race
171st of 745 Open Men (faster than 77%).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 745 Open Men here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 5:26 | 7:15 | faster than 96% |
| SkiErg: | 4:19 | 4:45 | faster than 91% |
| Run 2: | 3:34 | 4:53 | faster than 96% |
| Sled push: | 2:45 | 3:18 | faster than 78% |
| Run 3: | 4:25 | 5:16 | faster than 85% |
| Sled pull: | 4:42 | 5:43 | faster than 79% |
| Run 4: | 4:19 | 5:15 | faster than 87% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 7:18 | 7:01 | faster than 47% |
| Run 5: | 4:36 | 5:19 | faster than 80% |
| Row: | 5:07 | 5:22 | faster than 67% |
| Run 6: | 4:09 | 5:17 | faster than 90% |
| Farmers carry: | 1:59 | 2:24 | faster than 81% |
| Run 7: | 3:50 | 5:13 | faster than 96% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 6:18 | 5:55 | faster than 42% |
| Run 8: | 9:34 | 8:21 | faster than 34% |
| Wall balls: | 8:55 | 8:47 | faster than 47% |
| Roxzone: | 6:26 | 9:01 | faster than 87% |
| Runs (8 km) | 39:50 | 47:20 | faster than 84% |
| Stations (8) | 41:23 | ||
| Finish | 1:27:35 | 1:41:40 | 171st of 745 · faster than 77% |
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.
Johannesburg 2026, against 745 Open Men
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Matt 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 91% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 43%).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 91% |
| Push | 78% |
| Pull | 80% |
| BBJ | 47% |
| Row | 68% |
| Carry | 82% |
| Lunges | 43% |
| Wall balls | 48% |
| Roxzone | 88% |
| Runs | 84% |
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 Matt beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: SkiErg (faster than 91%); weakest: Sandbag lunges (faster than 43%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Matt's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Runs (8 km) (7:30 faster); weakest: Sandbag lunges (0:23 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: Matt 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.Matt: 39:53 running, 41:23 at the stations and 6:26 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:55).Below, Typical Open Men: 46:49 running, 43:15 at the stations and 9:01 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:47).
See the numbers
| Part | Matt | Typical Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:26 | 7:15 |
| SkiErg | 4:19 | 4:45 |
| Run 2 | 3:34 | 4:53 |
| Sled push | 2:45 | 3:18 |
| Run 3 | 4:25 | 5:16 |
| Sled pull | 4:42 | 5:43 |
| Run 4 | 4:19 | 5:15 |
| Burpee broad jump | 7:18 | 7:01 |
| Run 5 | 4:36 | 5:19 |
| Row | 5:07 | 5:22 |
| Run 6 | 4:09 | 5:17 |
| Farmers carry | 1:59 | 2:24 |
| Run 7 | 3:50 | 5:13 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:18 | 5:55 |
| Run 8 | 9:34 | 8:21 |
| Wall balls | 8:55 | 8:47 |
| Roxzone | 6:26 | 9:01 |
| Finish | 1:27:35 | 1:41:40 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sandbag lunges cost 0:23 against the typical Open Men finisher at Johannesburg 2026. The sandbag lunges guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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