USA Michelle Cygan
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Women time: 2:28:06 at New York 2026.
1 result at 1 race
4,289th of 4,639 Open Women (faster than 7%). Against the 140 who finished around 2:22:19: most time gained on wall balls (1:15), most lost on sandbag lunges (4:49). Runs 5 to 8 took 11:44 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 7:51 more).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 4,639 Open Women here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 6:41 | 6:04 | faster than 27% |
| SkiErg: | 6:14 | 5:21 | faster than 8% |
| Run 2: | 6:53 | 5:47 | faster than 20% |
| Sled push: | 3:13 | 2:51 | faster than 30% |
| Run 3: | 7:58 | 6:03 | faster than 13% |
| Sled pull: | 9:51 | 5:47 | faster than 2% |
| Run 4: | 8:22 | 6:10 | faster than 13% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 11:02 | 7:20 | faster than 13% |
| Run 5: | 8:46 | 6:29 | faster than 15% |
| Row: | 6:36 | 5:41 | faster than 10% |
| Run 6: | 10:43 | 6:18 | faster than 4% |
| Farmers carry: | 2:51 | 2:40 | faster than 40% |
| Run 7: | 8:28 | 6:18 | faster than 14% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 13:25 | 5:50 | faster than 2% |
| Run 8: | 13:40 | 8:10 | faster than 8% |
| Wall balls: | 10:45 | 7:33 | faster than 17% |
| Roxzone: | 12:46 | 7:57 | faster than 6% |
| Runs (8 km) | 1:11:28 | 51:48 | faster than 11% |
| Stations (8) | 1:03:57 | ||
| Finish | 2:28:06 | 1:43:35 | 4289th of 4,639 · faster than 7% |
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.
New York 2026, against 4,639 Open Women
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Michelle sat in the field on each part of the race: the edge is faster than everyone, the centre is the slowest.Strongest on Carry (faster than 41% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 2%).
See the numbers
| Part | Michelle: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 9% |
| Push | 30% |
| Pull | 3% |
| BBJ | 14% |
| Row | 11% |
| Carry | 41% |
| Lunges | 2% |
| Wall balls | 18% |
| Roxzone | 6% |
| 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
How much of the field Michelle beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Farmers carry (faster than 41%); weakest: Sandbag lunges (faster than 2%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Michelle's time on each part against the typical Open Women finisher at this race.Best: Farmers carry (0:11 slower); weakest: Runs (8 km) (19:40 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: Michelle against the typical Open Women 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.Michelle: 1:11:32 running, 1:03:57 at the stations and 12:46 in the roxzone; the longest station was the sandbag lunges (13:25).Below, Typical Open Women: 51:19 running, 43:03 at the stations and 7:57 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:33).
See the numbers
| Part | Michelle | Typical Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 6:41 | 6:04 |
| SkiErg | 6:14 | 5:21 |
| Run 2 | 6:53 | 5:47 |
| Sled push | 3:13 | 2:51 |
| Run 3 | 7:58 | 6:03 |
| Sled pull | 9:51 | 5:47 |
| Run 4 | 8:22 | 6:10 |
| Burpee broad jump | 11:02 | 7:20 |
| Run 5 | 8:46 | 6:29 |
| Row | 6:36 | 5:41 |
| Run 6 | 10:43 | 6:18 |
| Farmers carry | 2:51 | 2:40 |
| Run 7 | 8:28 | 6:18 |
| Sandbag lunges | 13:25 | 5:50 |
| Run 8 | 13:40 | 8:10 |
| Wall balls | 10:45 | 7:33 |
| Roxzone | 12:46 | 7:57 |
| Finish | 2:28:06 | 1:43:35 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sandbag lunges cost 7:35 against the typical Open Women finisher at New York 2026. The sandbag lunges guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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