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Results · season 2025/26 · 16 Apr 2026

HYROX Cologne 2026 results

The typical Open Men finish was 1:27:04, 0:54 faster than the season's 1:27:58.

7,827 finishes14 divisions50% running (normal 48%)Germany

HYROX Cologne 2026 in brief

  • Home athlete Paul Weindl won Pro Men by a wide 5:18, in 55:55.
  • Home athlete Svenja Sommer won Pro Women in 1:03:49, 0:32 clear of Apolline Cardon.
  • In Open, Tobias Schmitt led the men in 56:07 and Judith Schwarz the women in 1:04:40.
  • Jaafar Moumen, in the 40-44 age group, made the Open Men podium in 2nd place (57:50).
  • 7,827 finishes, close to the 6,812 of an average race that season.
  • The same held for Open Women: 1:35:41, 0:41 faster than their season's typical.
  • The typical Open Men finish was 1:31 slower than at the Apr 2025 edition here (1:25:33).
  • Since then the race grew from 6,420 to 7,827 finishes.
  • The wall balls ran 0:10 slower than the season's typical for Open Men; the sled pull ran 0:32 faster.
  • The biggest Open Men age group was 30-34, with 349 finishers; 28% were 40 or over.
  • A home crowd: 87% of Open Men came from Germany, and France sent the next most.
  • Open Men was the biggest division (1,452), ahead of Doubles Mixed (1,438).

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Open Men

Tobias Schmitt won Open Men in 56:07, a clear 1:43 ahead of the next finisher.Jaafar Moumen was second in 57:50 and David Magida third in 58:15.

1:27:04 typical finish 0:54 faster than this season's typical 1:27:58
1:11:13 fastest 10% finished under
1:17:22 – 1:39:10 the middle half of the field
Runs where the fastest 25% gained most 7:16 on the typical finisher; at the stations, wall balls (2:00)

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 1:27:04, middle half about 1:17:22 to 1:39:10, fastest 10% (green) under 1:11:13.

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Open Men finish times at Cologne 2026
Time band How many Share
55:00 to 57:30 1 0.1%
57:30 to 1:00:00 7 0.5%
1:00:00 to 1:02:30 9 0.6%
1:02:30 to 1:05:00 21 1.4%
1:05:00 to 1:07:30 30 2.1%
1:07:30 to 1:10:00 45 3.1%
1:10:00 to 1:12:30 72 5.0%
1:12:30 to 1:15:00 88 6.1%
1:15:00 to 1:17:30 95 6.5%
1:17:30 to 1:20:00 86 5.9%
1:20:00 to 1:22:30 90 6.2%
1:22:30 to 1:25:00 96 6.6%
1:25:00 to 1:27:30 102 7.0%
1:27:30 to 1:30:00 96 6.6%
1:30:00 to 1:32:30 87 6.0%
1:32:30 to 1:35:00 70 4.8%
1:35:00 to 1:37:30 51 3.5%
1:37:30 to 1:40:00 64 4.4%
1:40:00 to 1:42:30 51 3.5%
1:42:30 to 1:45:00 45 3.1%
1:45:00 to 1:47:30 32 2.2%
1:47:30 to 1:50:00 24 1.7%
1:50:00 to 1:52:30 26 1.8%
1:52:30 to 1:55:00 27 1.9%
1:55:00 to 1:57:30 20 1.4%
1:57:30 to 2:00:00 17 1.2%
2:00:00 to 2:02:30 15 1.0%
2:02:30 to 2:05:00 14 1.0%
2:05:00 to 2:07:30 11 0.8%
2:07:30 to 2:10:00 7 0.5%
2:10:00 to 2:12:30 12 0.8%
2:12:30 to 2:15:00 9 0.6%
2:15:00 to 2:17:30 5 0.3%
2:17:30 to 2:20:00 5 0.3%
2:20:00 to 2:22:30 4 0.3%
2:22:30 to 2:25:00 2 0.1%
2:25:00 to 2:27:30 2 0.1%
2:27:30 to 2:30:00 1 0.1%
2:30:00 to 2:32:30 2 0.1%
2:32:30 to 2:35:00 3 0.2%
2:35:00 to 2:37:30 0 0.0%
2:37:30 to 2:40:00 1 0.1%
2:40:00 to 2:42:30 1 0.1%
2:42:30 to 2:45:00 2 0.1%
2:45:00 to 2:47:30 2 0.1%
2:47:30 to 2:50:00 0 0.0%
2:50:00 to 2:52:30 1 0.1%
2:52:30 to 2:55:00 0 0.0%
2:55:00 to 2:57:30 0 0.0%
2:57:30 to 3:00:00 0 0.0%
3:00:00 to 3:02:30 0 0.0%
3:02:30 to 3:05:00 0 0.0%
3:05:00 to 3:07:30 0 0.0%
3:07:30 to 3:10:00 0 0.0%
3:10:00 to 3:12:30 0 0.0%
3:12:30 to 3:15:00 0 0.0%
3:15:00 to 3:17:30 0 0.0%
3:17:30 to 3:20:00 1 0.1%

Where the fastest 25% made its time

RunsStationsRoxzone (moving between stations)

Their gain was shared out: 48% on the runs, 42% at the stations, 10% in the roxzone.

Runs (8 km)7:16
Roxzone (moving)1:31
Row0:19
SkiErg0:14

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 (7:16), then wall balls (2:00); the smallest gap was the SkiErg (0:14).

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Part Fastest 25% faster by
Runs (8 km) 7:16
Wall balls 2:00
Roxzone (moving) 1:31
Burpee broad jump 1:13
Sandbag lunges 1:06
Sled pull 0:48
Sled push 0:24
Row 0:19
Farmers carry 0:16
SkiErg 0:14

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

Typical finisher1:26:08
4:084:295:103:145:324:275:345:295:454:525:321:585:365:095:247:216:28
Typical of the fastest 25%1:11:15
3:294:154:232:504:383:394:394:164:454:334:391:424:414:034:255:214:57
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: 42:41 running, 36:58 at the stations and 6:28 in the roxzone; the longest station was the wall balls (7:21).

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Part Typical finisher Typical of the fastest 25%
Run 1 4:08 3:29
SkiErg 4:29 4:15
Run 2 5:10 4:23
Sled push 3:14 2:50
Run 3 5:32 4:38
Sled pull 4:27 3:39
Run 4 5:34 4:39
Burpee broad jump 5:29 4:16
Run 5 5:45 4:45
Row 4:52 4:33
Run 6 5:32 4:39
Farmers carry 1:58 1:42
Run 7 5:36 4:41
Sandbag lunges 5:09 4:03
Run 8 5:24 4:25
Wall balls 7:21 5:21
Roxzone 6:28 4:57
Finish 1:27:04 1:12:25

Every station, against the season

Part Typical Fastest 10% Fastest 25% Against the season
SkiErg 4:29 4:08 4:15 0:06 faster
Sled push 3:14 2:32 2:50 0:06 slower
Sled pull 4:27 3:29 3:39 0:32 faster
Burpee broad jump 5:29 4:00 4:16 0:07 faster
Row 4:52 4:29 4:33 0:02 faster
Farmers carry 1:58 1:33 1:42 0:13 faster
Sandbag lunges 5:09 3:50 4:03 0:11 faster
Wall balls 7:21 5:02 5:21 0:10 slower
Roxzone (moving) 6:28 4:48 4:57 0:58 faster
Runs (8 km) 43:02 35:12 35:46 1:30 slower

Slower here than the season: wall balls (0:10) and sled push (0:06). Faster: the roxzone (0:58) and sled pull (0:32).

Run pace, run 1 to run 8

3:003:304:004:305:005:306:00 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 (4:08) and the slowest run 5 (5:45). The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on run 5 (1:00 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 (4:08) and the slowest run 5 (5:45).The fastest 25% were quicker on every run, by most on run 5 (1:00 faster).

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Run Typical Fastest 25%
Run 1 4:08 3:29
Run 2 5:10 4:23
Run 3 5:32 4:38
Run 4 5:34 4:39
Run 5 5:45 4:45
Run 6 5:32 4:39
Run 7 5:36 4:41
Run 8 5:24 4:25

Run 1 reads short here (4:08 against about 5:33 for runs 2 to 7), because of where the timing mats sit, so the fair pacing test is run 2 against run 7. The typical finisher ran run 7 8% slower than run 2; the fastest 25%, 7% slower.

Who raced: age groups

16-24118 8%
25-29245 17%
30-34349 24%
35-39328 23%
40-44189 13%
45-4995 7%
50-5462 4%
55-5947 3%
60-6416 1%
65-693 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 (677, 47%); the biggest single group was 30-34, with 349.

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Age group How many Share
16-24 118 8%
25-29 245 17%
30-34 349 24%
35-39 328 23%
40-44 189 13%
45-49 95 7%
50-54 62 4%
55-59 47 3%
60-64 16 1%
65-69 3 0%

Who raced: countries

Germany1,268 87%
France25 2%
Switzerland15 1%
Netherlands15 1%
Belgium13 1%
USA10 1%
Austria10 1%
Britain8 1%

The countries with the most finishers in this division, out of 1,452.The biggest is Germany (1,268, 87%), then France (25, 2%) and Switzerland (15, 1%).

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Country How many Share
Germany 1,268 87%
France 25 2%
Switzerland 15 1%
Netherlands 15 1%
Belgium 13 1%
USA 10 1%
Austria 10 1%
Britain 8 1%
# Athlete Age group Time
1 Tobias Schmitt GER GER 25-29 56:07
2 Jaafar Moumen MAR MAR 40-44 57:50
3 David Magida USA USA 35-39 58:15
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Edition Finishes Typical Open Men vs fastest edition
Cologne 2025 6,420 1:25:33 fastest
Cologne 2026 this page 7,827 1:27:04 1:31 slower

The fastest typical Open Men finish here was 1:25:33, in 2025; this edition was 1:31 slower.

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