USA Michael Nixon
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Men time: 2:20:14 at Salt Lake City 2026.
1 result at 1 race
1,243rd of 1,296 Open Men (faster than 4%). Against the 38 who finished around 2:17:25: most time gained on the roxzone (3:43), most lost on sandbag lunges (5:56). Runs 5 to 8 took 8:57 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 8:47 more).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 1,296 Open Men here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 4:17 | 3:09 | faster than 5% |
| SkiErg: | 4:41 | 4:42 | faster than 54% |
| Run 2: | 7:26 | 5:19 | faster than 6% |
| Sled push: | 1:59 | 3:03 | faster than 96% |
| Run 3: | 7:44 | 5:48 | faster than 8% |
| Sled pull: | 4:48 | 5:01 | faster than 57% |
| Run 4: | 8:02 | 5:47 | faster than 7% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 13:12 | 6:04 | faster than 1% |
| Run 5: | 9:14 | 5:58 | faster than 4% |
| Row: | 5:39 | 5:04 | faster than 15% |
| Run 6: | 8:06 | 5:47 | faster than 8% |
| Farmers carry: | 2:11 | 2:08 | faster than 45% |
| Run 7: | 8:13 | 5:48 | faster than 7% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 14:56 | 5:38 | faster than 0% |
| Run 8: | 10:52 | 6:18 | faster than 6% |
| Wall balls: | 16:44 | 8:09 | faster than 4% |
| Roxzone: | 12:19 | 9:57 | faster than 24% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1:03:49 | 44:15 | faster than 6% |
| Stations (8) | 1:04:10 | ||
| Finish | 2:20:14 | 1:34:49 | 1243rd of 1,296 · faster than 4% |
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.
Salt Lake City 2026, against 1,296 Open Men
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Michael 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 Lunges (faster than 1%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 54% |
| Push | 97% |
| Pull | 58% |
| BBJ | 2% |
| Row | 15% |
| Carry | 46% |
| Lunges | 1% |
| Wall balls | 4% |
| Roxzone | 25% |
| Runs | 6% |
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 Michael beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Sled push (faster than 97%); weakest: Sandbag lunges (faster than 1%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Michael's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Sled push (1:04 faster); weakest: Runs (8 km) (19:34 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: Michael 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.Michael: 1:03:53 running, 1:04:09 at the stations and 12:19 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (16:44) and the shortest the sled push (1:59).Below, Typical Open Men: 43:54 running, 39:49 at the stations and 9:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:09).
See the numbers
| Part | Michael | Typical Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 4:17 | 3:09 |
| SkiErg | 4:41 | 4:42 |
| Run 2 | 7:26 | 5:19 |
| Sled push | 1:59 | 3:03 |
| Run 3 | 7:44 | 5:48 |
| Sled pull | 4:48 | 5:01 |
| Run 4 | 8:02 | 5:47 |
| Burpee broad jump | 13:12 | 6:04 |
| Run 5 | 9:14 | 5:58 |
| Row | 5:39 | 5:04 |
| Run 6 | 8:06 | 5:47 |
| Farmers carry | 2:11 | 2:08 |
| Run 7 | 8:13 | 5:48 |
| Sandbag lunges | 14:56 | 5:38 |
| Run 8 | 10:52 | 6:18 |
| Wall balls | 16:44 | 8:09 |
| Roxzone | 12:19 | 9:57 |
| Finish | 2:20:14 | 1:34:49 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sandbag lunges cost 9:18 against the typical Open Men finisher at Salt Lake City 2026. The sandbag lunges guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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