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Results · season 2024/25 · 21 Sep 2024

HYROX Cape Town 2024 results

The typical Open Men finish was 1:26:55, 0:52 slower than the season's 1:26:03.

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HYROX Cape Town 2024 in brief

  • Jake Dearden (Britain) won Pro Men by a wide 5:43, in 56:53.
  • Home athlete Vicky Macintosh won Pro Women in 1:05:33, 0:38 clear of Charlotte Haglund.
  • In Open, Antoine van Heerden led the men in 1:02:35 and Holly Archer the women in 1:05:54.
  • Jamie Elliott and James Hind posted the fastest sled push split in our data for Doubles Men: 0:55.
  • A smaller race: 891 finishes, against 4,340 at an average race that season.
  • Open Women finished right on their season's typical, at 1:32:51.
  • This was the first HYROX race at this venue in our data.
  • The wall balls ran 0:15 slower than the season's typical for Open Men; the sled push ran 0:40 faster.
  • The biggest Open Men age group was 30-34, with 66 finishers; 30% were 40 or over.
  • A home crowd: 83% of Open Men came from South Africa, and Britain sent the next most.
  • Open Men was the biggest division (247), ahead of Doubles Mixed (153).

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Open Men

Antoine van Heerden won Open Men in 1:02:35, 0:32 ahead of the next finisher.Devon Usher was second in 1:03:07 and Sean Wentzel third in 1:05:21.

1:26:55 typical finish 0:52 slower than this season's typical 1:26:03
1:13:08 fastest 10% finished under
1:18:48 – 1:37:40 the middle half of the field
Runs where the fastest 25% gained most 5:55 on the typical finisher; at the stations, wall balls (1:29)

Finish times

Finish

This chart shows how many finished in each 2.5-minute band, fastest on the left.A field of normal spread with a long slow tail: typical 1:26:55, middle half about 1:18:48 to 1:37:40, fastest 10% (green) under 1:13:08.

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Open Men finish times at Cape Town 2024
Time band How many Share
1:02:30 to 1:05:00 2 0.8%
1:05:00 to 1:07:30 5 2.0%
1:07:30 to 1:10:00 5 2.0%
1:10:00 to 1:12:30 5 2.0%
1:12:30 to 1:15:00 23 9.3%
1:15:00 to 1:17:30 7 2.8%
1:17:30 to 1:20:00 26 10.5%
1:20:00 to 1:22:30 11 4.5%
1:22:30 to 1:25:00 24 9.7%
1:25:00 to 1:27:30 21 8.5%
1:27:30 to 1:30:00 8 3.2%
1:30:00 to 1:32:30 16 6.5%
1:32:30 to 1:35:00 15 6.1%
1:35:00 to 1:37:30 15 6.1%
1:37:30 to 1:40:00 7 2.8%
1:40:00 to 1:42:30 5 2.0%
1:42:30 to 1:45:00 8 3.2%
1:45:00 to 1:47:30 11 4.5%
1:47:30 to 1:50:00 7 2.8%
1:50:00 to 1:52:30 7 2.8%
1:52:30 to 1:55:00 3 1.2%
1:55:00 to 1:57:30 1 0.4%
1:57:30 to 2:00:00 4 1.6%
2:00:00 to 2:02:30 2 0.8%
2:02:30 to 2:05:00 0 0.0%
2:05:00 to 2:07:30 3 1.2%
2:07:30 to 2:10:00 0 0.0%
2:10:00 to 2:12:30 1 0.4%
2:12:30 to 2:15:00 2 0.8%
2:15:00 to 2:17:30 1 0.4%
2:17:30 to 2:20:00 0 0.0%
2:20:00 to 2:22:30 1 0.4%
2:22:30 to 2:25:00 0 0.0%
2:25:00 to 2:27:30 1 0.4%

Where the fastest 25% made its time

RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

Their gain was shared out: 45% on the runs, 42% at the stations, 13% in the roxzone.

Runs (8 km)5:55
Roxzone (moving)1:44
Row0:20
SkiErg0:13

Each bar is how much faster the fastest 25% were than the typical finisher on one part of the race, biggest first.They gained most on the runs (5:55), then moving between stations (1:44); the smallest gap was the SkiErg (0:13).

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Part Fastest 25% faster by
Runs (8 km) 5:55
Roxzone (moving) 1:44
Wall balls 1:29
Burpee broad jump 1:09
Sandbag lunges 1:03
Sled pull 0:49
Row 0:20
Farmers carry 0:18
Sled push 0:16
SkiErg 0:13

The race as one bar: typical finisher against the fastest 25%

Typical finisher1:26:15
4:584:184:582:085:254:375:295:415:454:505:272:105:265:136:066:447:00
Typical of the fastest 25%1:13:21
4:244:054:261:524:443:484:504:324:564:304:461:524:454:105:105:155:16
RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

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.Typical finisher: 43:34 running, 35:41 at the stations and 7:00 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (6:44) and the shortest the sled push (2:08).

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Part Typical finisher Typical of the fastest 25%
Run 1 4:58 4:24
SkiErg 4:18 4:05
Run 2 4:58 4:26
Sled push 2:08 1:52
Run 3 5:25 4:44
Sled pull 4:37 3:48
Run 4 5:29 4:50
Burpee broad jump 5:41 4:32
Run 5 5:45 4:56
Row 4:50 4:30
Run 6 5:27 4:46
Farmers carry 2:10 1:52
Run 7 5:26 4:45
Sandbag lunges 5:13 4:10
Run 8 6:06 5:10
Wall balls 6:44 5:15
Roxzone 7:00 5:16
Finish 1:26:55 1:14:00

Every station, against the season

Part Typical Fastest 10% Fastest 25% Against the season
SkiErg 4:18 3:57 4:05 0:09 faster
Sled push 2:08 1:34 1:52 0:40 faster
Sled pull 4:37 3:24 3:48 0:13 faster
Burpee broad jump 5:41 4:04 4:32 0:08 slower
Row 4:50 4:26 4:30 0:01 slower
Farmers carry 2:10 1:41 1:52 0:03 slower
Sandbag lunges 5:13 4:04 4:10 0:03 slower
Wall balls 6:44 4:56 5:15 0:15 slower
Roxzone (moving) 7:00 5:05 5:16 0:04 faster
Runs (8 km) 44:16 37:44 38:21 2:43 slower

Slower here than the season: wall balls (0:15) and burpee broad jump (0:08). Faster: sled push (0:40) and sled pull (0:13).

Run pace, run 1 to run 8

4:004:305:005:306:006:30 This chart shows the time for each of the eight 1 km runs, run 1 on the left: the typical finisher (solid line) and the fastest 25% (dashed). The typical finisher slowed clearly from run 2 to run 7; the quickest was the first run (4:58) and the slowest the last run (6:06). The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on the last run (0:56 faster).
Typical athleteFastest 25%minutes per km

This chart shows the time for each of the eight 1 km runs, run 1 on the left: the typical finisher (solid line) and the fastest 25% (dashed).The typical finisher slowed clearly from run 2 to run 7; the quickest was the first run (4:58) and the slowest the last run (6:06).The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on the last run (0:56 faster).

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Run Typical Fastest 25%
Run 1 4:58 4:24
Run 2 4:58 4:26
Run 3 5:25 4:44
Run 4 5:29 4:50
Run 5 5:45 4:56
Run 6 5:27 4:46
Run 7 5:26 4:45
Run 8 6:06 5:10

Who raced: age groups

16-2425 10%
25-2939 16%
30-3466 27%
35-3944 18%
40-4438 15%
45-4917 7%
50-5413 5%
55-594 2%
60-641 0%

How many finished in each age group (tap one for what a good time is at that age).The largest share were in their thirties (110, 45%); the biggest single group was 30-34, with 66.

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Age group How many Share
16-24 25 10%
25-29 39 16%
30-34 66 27%
35-39 44 18%
40-44 38 15%
45-49 17 7%
50-54 13 5%
55-59 4 2%
60-64 1 0%

Who raced: countries

South Africa205 83%
Britain8 3%
Germany7 3%
Zimbabwe4 2%
USA3 1%
France3 1%
Sweden3 1%
Namibia2 1%

The countries with the most finishers in this division, out of 247.The biggest is South Africa (205, 83%), then Britain (8, 3%) and Germany (7, 3%).

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Country How many Share
South Africa 205 83%
Britain 8 3%
Germany 7 3%
Zimbabwe 4 2%
USA 3 1%
France 3 1%
Sweden 3 1%
Namibia 2 1%
# Athlete Age group Time
1 Antoine van Heerden RSA RSA 30-34 1:02:35
2 Devon Usher RSA RSA 30-34 1:03:07
3 Sean Wentzel BOT BOT 35-39 1:05:21
Edition by edition

Cape Town: every edition

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Edition Finishes Typical Open Men vs fastest edition
Cape Town 2024 this page 891 1:26:55 fastest
Cape Town 2025 3,439 1:35:32 8:37 slower
Cape Town 2026 · Apr 3,791 1:37:27 10:32 slower
Cape Town 2026 · Aug 4,679 1:34:06 7:11 slower

This edition had the fastest typical Open Men finish of the 4 held here.

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