GBR Nicholas Busby
1 HYROX race over 1 season. Best Open Men time: 1:21:13 at Birmingham 2025.
1 result at 1 race
1,566th of 3,945 Open Men (faster than 60%). Against the 120 who finished around 1:21:22: most time gained on the eight runs (1:36), most lost on sandbag lunges (1:23). Runs 5 to 8 took 0:15 more than runs 1 to 4 (them: 0:12 more).
| Part | Time | Typical here | vs 3,945 Open Men here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1: | 5:07 | 5:18 | faster than 58% |
| SkiErg: | 4:40 | 4:30 | faster than 29% |
| Run 2: | 4:17 | 4:33 | faster than 66% |
| Sled push: | 2:59 | 3:15 | faster than 63% |
| Run 3: | 4:27 | 4:53 | faster than 72% |
| Sled pull: | 4:41 | 5:02 | faster than 62% |
| Run 4: | 4:25 | 4:55 | faster than 73% |
| Burpee broad jump: | 5:05 | 5:36 | faster than 63% |
| Run 5: | 4:47 | 5:05 | faster than 64% |
| Row: | 4:56 | 4:49 | faster than 39% |
| Run 6: | 4:29 | 4:55 | faster than 71% |
| Farmers carry: | 1:47 | 2:09 | faster than 80% |
| Run 7: | 4:38 | 4:55 | faster than 65% |
| Sandbag lunges: | 6:19 | 5:12 | faster than 24% |
| Run 8: | 4:38 | 5:10 | faster than 73% |
| Wall balls: | 8:13 | 7:15 | faster than 35% |
| Roxzone: | 5:55 | 6:40 | faster than 68% |
| Runs (8 km) | 36:44 | 39:57 | faster than 69% |
| Stations (8) | 38:40 | ||
| Finish | 1:21:13 | 1:25:13 | 1566th of 3,945 · faster than 60% |
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.
Birmingham 2025, against 3,945 Open Men
Shape of the race
This chart shows where Nicholas 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 80% of the field), weakest on Lunges (faster than 24%).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas: faster than |
|---|---|
| Ski | 30% |
| Push | 63% |
| Pull | 62% |
| BBJ | 63% |
| Row | 39% |
| Carry | 80% |
| Lunges | 24% |
| Wall balls | 36% |
| Roxzone | 68% |
| Runs | 70% |
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 Nicholas beat on each part of the race, at this race.Best: Farmers carry (faster than 80%); weakest: Sandbag lunges (faster than 24%).
Longer is better: the share of the field you beat.
Minutes against the typical finisher
Nicholas's time on each part against the typical Open Men finisher at this race.Best: Runs (8 km) (3:13 faster); weakest: Sandbag lunges (1:07 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: Nicholas 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.Nicholas: 36:47 running, 38:40 at the stations and 5:55 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (8:13).Below, Typical Open Men: 39:44 running, 37:48 at the stations and 6:40 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:15).
See the numbers
| Part | Nicholas | Typical Open Men |
|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | 5:07 | 5:18 |
| SkiErg | 4:40 | 4:30 |
| Run 2 | 4:17 | 4:33 |
| Sled push | 2:59 | 3:15 |
| Run 3 | 4:27 | 4:53 |
| Sled pull | 4:41 | 5:02 |
| Run 4 | 4:25 | 4:55 |
| Burpee broad jump | 5:05 | 5:36 |
| Run 5 | 4:47 | 5:05 |
| Row | 4:56 | 4:49 |
| Run 6 | 4:29 | 4:55 |
| Farmers carry | 1:47 | 2:09 |
| Run 7 | 4:38 | 4:55 |
| Sandbag lunges | 6:19 | 5:12 |
| Run 8 | 4:38 | 5:10 |
| Wall balls | 8:13 | 7:15 |
| Roxzone | 5:55 | 6:40 |
| Finish | 1:21:13 | 1:25:13 |
The race in order, left to right. A wider block than the one below is slower than typical.
Sandbag lunges cost 1:07 against the typical Open Men finisher at Birmingham 2025. The sandbag lunges guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.
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