Athlete · Open Men · 40-44 ·

GBR

Rich Howells

4 HYROX results (3 solo, 1 in a team) over 2 seasons. Personal bests: Open Men 1:38:59 (Manchester 2026) · Doubles Mixed 1:18:26 (Cardiff 2026).

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1:38:59 best Open Men time · Manchester 2026 also raced Doubles Mixed: each has its own best below

1968th of 2,544 best Open Men place · Manchester 2026 among Open Men finishers there

1:18:26 latest race · Cardiff 2026 first Doubles Mixed race Doubles Mixed with Ellie Ashton

Roxzone strongest segment · Manchester 2026 faster than 35% of the Open Men field on it

1 · Tap any raceEach row below opens that race's report: every split against the field, where the time went, where it can come back.

2 · Read the station profileFurther down: the shape of the race, the strongest and weakest segments, and the race as one bar against the typical finisher.

3 · Turn it into trainingEvery weak station links to its workouts on RoxHype; the app writes the eight weeks from these exact splits.

Personal bests

One best per race type

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

Open Men1:38:59Manchester 2026 · 3 races Doubles Mixed1:18:26Cardiff 2026 · 1 race · with Ellie Ashton

Open Men: finish time, race by race

oldest to newest · a line going down means getting faster

1:39:001:40:001:41:00 best 1:38:59 best 1:38:59 · Manchester

Each dot is one Open Men race. From the first Open Men race to the best: 0:44 faster (1:39:43 to 1:38:59).

Every race

4 results

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Race	Division	Time	Place	Runs	Stations	Roxzone
Cardiff 2026 30 Apr 2026team: Rich Howells, Ellie Ashtonwhat the whole field did →	Doubles Mixed · team 35-39	1:18:26	top 43% 1006/2,365	42:35	32:10	3:41	splits SkiErg4:45Sled push2:15Sled pull3:42Burpee broad jump4:24Row5:12Farmers carry2:12Sandbag lunges4:54Wall balls4:46Run 15:28Run 24:58Run 35:20Run 45:16Run 55:08Run 65:21Run 75:06Run 86:03Full report for this race →
Manchester 2026 22 Jan 2026what the whole field did →	Open Men · 40-44	1:38:59	1968th of 2,544	45:52	46:51	6:21	splits SkiErg5:09Sled push3:40Sled pull5:40Burpee broad jump7:33Row5:42Farmers carry3:13Sandbag lunges6:36Wall balls9:18Run 13:56Run 25:30Run 35:57Run 46:13Run 56:30Run 66:27Run 76:10Run 85:12Full report for this race →
Madrid 2025 27 Nov 2025what the whole field did →	Open Men · 40-44	1:39:26	2210th of 2,673	44:51	46:36	8:05	splits SkiErg5:26Sled push3:41Sled pull6:09Burpee broad jump6:50Row5:46Farmers carry3:06Sandbag lunges6:37Wall balls9:01Run 15:00Run 25:00Run 35:14Run 45:29Run 55:56Run 65:44Run 75:31Run 87:00Full report for this race →
Birmingham 2024 26 Oct 2024what the whole field did →	Open Men · 35-39	1:39:43	2188th of 2,732	43:28	47:59	8:20	splits SkiErg5:01Sled push4:22Sled pull7:55Burpee broad jump6:50Row5:22Farmers carry2:38Sandbag lunges6:37Wall balls9:14Run 15:58Run 25:00Run 35:15Run 45:19Run 55:20Run 65:27Run 75:14Run 85:57Full report for this race →

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; for a team it is the team’s age group. How the numbers are made.

Station profile · best Open Men race

Manchester 2026, against 2,544 Open Men

Full race report →

Shape of the race

50% top SkiPushPullBBJRowCarryLungesWall ballsRoxzoneRuns

Richedge = faster than everyone, centre = slowest

Each spoke is one segment (roxzone is the time moving between stations). The further out, the bigger the share of the field beaten on it. A round shape is an even race; a dent is a weak station.

How you ranked on each segment

SkiErg faster than 3%

Sled push faster than 7%

Sled pull faster than 17%

Burpee broad jump faster than 17%

Row faster than 4%

Farmers carry faster than 8%

Sandbag lunges faster than 25%

Wall balls faster than 23%

Roxzone faster than 35%

Runs (8 km) faster than 30%

Longer is better: the share of the field this segment beat.

Minutes against the typical finisher

SkiErg 0:46 slower

Sled push 0:57 slower

Sled pull 1:15 slower

Burpee broad jump 2:06 slower

Row 0:58 slower

Farmers carry 1:03 slower

Sandbag lunges 1:13 slower

Wall balls 2:18 slower

Roxzone 0:55 slower

Runs (8 km) 4:37 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: Rich against the typical Open Men finisher

Rich1:38:59

3:565:095:303:405:575:406:137:336:305:426:273:136:106:365:129:186:21

Typical Open Men1:22:37

3:354:235:042:435:264:255:295:275:384:445:312:105:295:234:447:005:26

RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

Left to right is the race in order: run 1, SkiErg, run 2, sled push, and so on. A block wider than the one below it is a slower segment than the typical finisher.

Wall balls cost 2:18 against the typical Open Men finisher at Manchester 2026. The wall balls guide shows whether that is strength or pacing, and the workouts that fix it.

The RoxHype app

Fix wall balls. Then beat 1:38:59.

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