Practical guide 3 min read
How to set a realistic HYROX goal time
Predict your finish from your own run and station times, then choose a goal you can explain and see exactly where the time has to come from.
Pick a goal time and get the pace for every 1 km run and a target for all eight stations and the Roxzone. Or switch to Predict, enter your own pace and station times, and get your finish time with the clock after every run, station and transition.
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Predicted finish
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A HYROX race is eight 1 km runs, each followed by a workout station, always in the same order. Between the running track and the stations is the Roxzone, and the time you spend there counts toward your finish. The distances and reps are the same in every division; the weights change.
Individuals race as Women, Men, Women Pro or Men Pro. The SkiErg, rowing (1,000 m each) and 80 m of burpee broad jumps are the same for everyone.
| Division | Sled push | Sled pull | Farmers carry | Lunges | Wall balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women · Doubles Women | 102 kg | 78 kg | 2 × 16 kg | 10 kg | 4 kg to 2.70 m |
| Men · Women Pro · Doubles Men, Women Pro and Mixed | 152 kg | 103 kg | 2 × 24 kg | 20 kg | 6 kg to 3.00 m (women 2.70 m) |
| Men Pro · Doubles Men Pro | 202 kg | 153 kg | 2 × 32 kg | 30 kg | 9 kg to 3.00 m |
From the HYROX 26/27 singles and doubles rulebooks. Sled weights include the sled. Check the current rulebook before race day. Relay and adaptive divisions have their own rulebooks.
Even-effort targets from the planner's example times: every leg scaled by the same percentage. Enter your own times above to get splits that match your strengths.
| Goal | 1:00:00 | 1:15:00 | 1:30:00 | 1:45:00 | 2:00:00 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average run pace | 3:42 /km | 4:38 /km | 5:33 /km | 6:29 /km | 7:24 /km |
| SkiErg | 3:24 | 4:15 | 5:06 | 5:56 | 6:47 |
| Sled Push | 2:33 | 3:11 | 3:49 | 4:27 | 5:06 |
| Sled Pull | 3:27 | 4:19 | 5:11 | 6:03 | 6:55 |
| Burpee Broad Jumps | 3:27 | 4:19 | 5:11 | 6:03 | 6:55 |
| Rowing | 3:31 | 4:24 | 5:16 | 6:09 | 7:02 |
| Farmers Carry | 1:27 | 1:49 | 2:11 | 2:33 | 2:55 |
| Sandbag Lunges | 3:16 | 4:06 | 4:55 | 5:44 | 6:33 |
| Wall Balls | 4:44 | 5:55 | 7:06 | 8:16 | 9:27 |
| Roxzone, each | 0:18 | 0:23 | 0:27 | 0:32 | 0:36 |
LabAnvil is not affiliated with or endorsed by HYROX. HYROX is a trademark of its owner. This planner is an independent tool for planning your own race.
With even effort across the race, about 5:33 per km on the runs, with about 7 minutes in the Roxzone and the stations at the targets in the table above. Where you are strong on the stations you can run slower, and the other way round: enter your own times and the planner does the sum for you.
As accurate as the times you enter. Use times from a recent simulation or race if you have them. Station times done fresh in training are usually faster than on race day, so add a margin, and set a slow-down per run for tired legs.
Every run after the first follows a station, so your legs arrive tired. Set a slow-down per run (a few seconds per km is typical) and the planner adds it to each run in turn, which gives a more honest total than one flat pace.
The transition area between the running track and the stations: everything between finishing a run and starting a station, and between finishing a station and starting the next run. The planner counts one transition between each pair of legs, 15 in a full race. Time yourself in training or divide a past race's Roxzone total by 15; the example starts at 25 seconds each, a little over 6 minutes for the race.
Goal mode scales your times so the whole race adds up to your goal. Lock the stations you don't expect to improve, and the others (usually the runs) take up the difference.
Finishing is the first goal. After that, compare yourself with athletes in your own division and age group rather than the overall winners: results are published for every race, so you can look up the spread of times at your event and pick a goal from there.
Nowhere. The planner runs in your browser and saves your plan on this device only. Copy link packs the plan into the address itself, so you can send it to a coach or training partner without an account.
Yes. Open the Fitness Race Planner, pick the blank race, and add runs and stations in any order with your own distances, reps and transition time. Any station can be measured in metres, reps or calories.
Plan a fitness race run by run and station by station: predict your finish time, or set a goal and get the target split for every leg. HYROX presets included.
A little guidance
Practical guide 3 min read
Predict your finish from your own run and station times, then choose a goal you can explain and see exactly where the time has to come from.
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Set a pace for all eight runs and a target for every station, allow for tired legs, and work backward from your goal time with a worked example.
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Fifteen transitions add up. Measure your Roxzone time, see what a few seconds per transition is worth, and find where the seconds go.
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