There is no single average HYROX finish time. Across the 2025/26 season the field average is 1:31 for Open Men and 1:40 for Open Women, and the median, which is the better number to plan against, is quicker again at 1:27 and 1:36. Division, gender, experience and age all move the picture, so here is the full breakdown of average HYROX times by division, plus a goal-setting framework for using them properly.
You have probably already Googled “average HYROX time” and landed on a single pooled figure of about 1:30. No such number exists in the results. Men and women race the same course and finish 9 minutes apart on the median, so one average across both describes nobody. And any field average pools experienced athletes, repeat racers and seasoned hybrid competitors with genuine first-timers, so benchmarking a debut race against it sets you up for a tough day.
The truth is more useful, and it comes from the shape of the field rather than from a first-timer average that nobody publishes. Race results do not flag debut athletes, so the honest place to set a first-race expectation is the back quarter of the field: 1:41 to 1:57 for Open Men and 1:50 to 2:07 for Open Women. Knowing that changes how you plan, train and pace.
Key Takeaways
- There is no single global average. Across the 2025/26 season the field average is 1:31 for Open Men and 1:40 for Open Women, with medians of 1:27 and 1:36.
- The middle 50% of Open Men finish between 1:17 and 1:41, and the middle 50% of Open Women between 1:26 and 1:50.
- Pro Men finish on a median of 1:20 and a field average of 1:24; Pro Women on 1:26 and 1:30. Pro is faster than Open because the athletes who choose it are faster, not because the heavier loads help.
- The median Open Man spends 41 minutes running, 38 minutes on the eight stations and about 7 minutes in the Roxzone. The median Open Woman spends 46, 41 and about 7.
- Doubles is not half of a Singles time. The median men’s pair finishes in 1:16 against 1:27 for the median solo Open Man, because both partners still run all 8km and only the station work is shared.
What the Global Average Actually Tells You (and What It Doesn’t)
Calculated from the published results of all 97 events of the 2025/26 HYROX season, 274,200 Open singles finishers in total, the field average is 1:31 for Open Men and 1:40 for Open Women. The single pooled figure that most articles quote does not exist in the data, and it would describe nobody if it did, because the two divisions sit 9 minutes apart on the median. What a field average genuinely tells you is that the format is achievable without elite fitness, and that the spread is enormous: the fastest 10% of Open Men are inside 1:10, while the slowest tenth of Open Women are still out on course beyond 2:07.
What it does not tell you is where a first-timer actually lands.
Any field average pools repeat racers with debut athletes, and the results do not flag which is which, so no first-timer average is published and this guide will not invent one. What the distribution does show is where the back of the field sits, and that is the honest place to set a debut expectation: 1:41 to 1:57 for Open Men and 1:50 to 2:07 for Open Women, the band between the 75th and 90th percentile.
That is not a discouraging number. It is a planning number.
Consider James, a 34-year-old from Manchester, 14 weeks into consistent training for his first HYROX. He runs 5km in 23 minutes and can complete all the workout stations in training, so he sets a race goal of 1:30, the number he has seen quoted as the global average. Chasing it, he goes out too fast on the running legs, and by Station 5 he is fighting accumulated fatigue. He finishes in 1:52. At his second race six months later, with a proper pacing strategy and a realistic goal of 1:38, he finishes in 1:36.
The benchmark is not the problem. Misapplying it is.
So plan against the benchmark that applies to you, not the number quoted most often. And when a second race is faster, the FAQ below shows where that time usually sits: mostly pacing, station familiarity under fatigue and a running base, which is learning the race more than getting fitter.
Average HYROX Times by Division: The Full Breakdown
The tables below place each HYROX division against the real shape of its field, calculated from the published results of all 97 events of the 2025/26 season. Every boundary is a percentile rather than a round number, so you can read straight off what fraction of the division a given time puts behind you. Times are rounded to the nearest minute.
Open Men
Open is the default division. No qualifying standard required, standard equipment loads.
| Level | Finish Time |
|---|---|
| Elite (fastest 10%) | Sub-1:10 |
| Advanced (fastest 25%) | 1:10 to 1:17 |
| Competitive (top quarter down to the median) | 1:17 to 1:27 |
| Mid-field (median to 75th percentile) | 1:27 to 1:41 |
| Back quarter (75th to 90th percentile) | 1:41 to 1:57 |
The median Open Man finishes in 1:27 and the field average is 1:31, so a finish on the average already puts you in the slower half. Pro is self-selected rather than time-gated, and the sub-1:05:00 mark quoted for Men is the World Championship qualifying standard, not a permission slip for entering Pro.
Open Women
| Level | Finish Time |
|---|---|
| Elite (fastest 10%) | Sub-1:18 |
| Advanced (fastest 25%) | 1:18 to 1:26 |
| Competitive (top quarter down to the median) | 1:26 to 1:36 |
| Mid-field (median to 75th percentile) | 1:36 to 1:50 |
| Back quarter (75th to 90th percentile) | 1:50 to 2:07 |
The median Open Woman finishes in 1:36 and the field average is 1:40. The equivalent Women’s World Championship qualifying mark is sub-1:12:00.
Pro Men
Pro athletes compete with heavier loads and self-select into the division. Weighing up the step? The HYROX Pro vs Open guide breaks down exactly when to move up. Across the 34,187 men who raced Pro in the 2025/26 season, the median finish is 1:20 and the field average is 1:24.
| Marker | Time |
|---|---|
| World record | 51:59 (Alexander Roncevic, Warsaw Major, April 2026) |
| World Championship qualifying mark | Sub-1:05:00 |
| Median Pro Man | 1:20 |
| Field average | 1:24 |
Read the two halves of that table separately. Alexander Roncevic set the Men’s Pro world record at 51:59 in Warsaw in April 2026, becoming the first man to break the 52-minute barrier, and the qualifying mark below it is what a Pro finish has to beat to earn a Worlds start. Neither is where the Pro field actually finishes: the median Pro Man is 15 minutes the slow side of the qualifying mark, and Pro as a whole is only about 7 minutes quicker than Open.
Pro Women
Across the 16,200 women who raced Pro in the same season, the median finish is 1:26 and the field average is 1:30.
| Marker | Time |
|---|---|
| World record | 54:25 (Joanna Wietrzyk, Warsaw Major, April 2026) |
| World Championship qualifying mark | Sub-1:12:00 |
| Median Pro Woman | 1:26 |
| Field average | 1:30 |
Joanna Wietrzyk’s 54:25 women’s world record, also set at the Warsaw Major in April 2026, stands as one of the most dominant performances in HYROX history. The gap from that record to the median Pro Woman is over half an hour, which is a fair measure of how deep the division has become.
Doubles: Men, Women, and Mixed
Doubles is one of the most under-covered divisions in benchmark articles; most guides admit they do not have reliable Open Doubles data. Here is what the evidence shows.
In Doubles, two athletes split the station reps but both of them still run all 8km together. That is why a pair finishes faster than a solo athlete and nowhere near twice as fast. The figures below cover the 341,202 teams who raced Doubles across the 97 events of the 2025/26 season.
| Division | Median | Field average |
|---|---|---|
| Men’s Doubles | 1:16 | 1:19 |
| Women’s Doubles | 1:28 | 1:31 |
| Mixed Doubles | 1:23 | 1:26 |
Read the median column rather than the average one: the average sits 3 minutes behind the median in all three categories because a long tail of slow finishes drags it back, so a team finishing on the average is already in the slower half. The full percentile breakdown by Doubles category, including what a debut realistically looks like, is in the good HYROX time guide .
Pro Doubles qualifying standards for 2024/25: Men’s Doubles sub-58:00, Women’s Doubles sub-1:04:00, Mixed Doubles sub-1:00:00.
The Men’s Pro Doubles world record was set by Alexander Roncevic and Tim Wenisch at the 2026 EMEA Championships in London with an extraordinary 47:41.
Relay
HYROX Relay teams of four split the race into legs, with each athlete completing two running segments and two workout stations. Relay times typically range from 55 minutes to 1:25 depending on team composition and how evenly matched the athletes are. Relay is the best entry point for athletes who want to experience the race environment before committing to a solo finish.
Average HYROX Times by Age Group
A good HYROX time depends on your age, though a good deal less than most athletes fear. Both men and women are quickest in the 25 to 29 bracket, where the median Open Man finishes in 1:25 and the median Open Woman in 1:34. The gap between the two narrows as the brackets climb, from 9 minutes at 25 to 29 to 6 minutes at 50 to 54. The full age-group table is below.
Age has a measurable but often over-feared effect on HYROX performance. Both genders are quickest in the 25 to 29 bracket, with a median of 1:25 for men and 1:34 for women. Women aged 30 to 34 are only a minute behind at 1:35, which is why that bracket is so often named as the women’s peak instead. After the peak the decline is real, but gradual.
The medians tell a steeper story late than the folklore does. Open Men give up 4 minutes between 35 to 39 (1:27) and 45 to 49 (1:31), then another 7 by 55 to 59 (1:38). Women give up less across the same first step, 2 minutes from 1:36 to 1:38. Applied to an individual, a 1:30 finish for a 25-year-old man is worth about 1:36 at 45, which is the 6 minutes the median moves between those two brackets.
The table below gives the median Open finish time in each bracket, so exactly half of that bracket finished ahead of the figure and half behind it. Every bracket shown holds at least 300 finishers.
| Age Group | Median Open Men | Median Open Women |
|---|---|---|
| 16 to 24 | 1:26 | 1:36 |
| 25 to 29 | 1:25 | 1:34 |
| 30 to 34 | 1:26 | 1:35 |
| 35 to 39 | 1:27 | 1:36 |
| 40 to 44 | 1:29 | 1:37 |
| 45 to 49 | 1:31 | 1:38 |
| 50 to 54 | 1:34 | 1:40 |
| 55 to 59 | 1:38 | 1:45 |
| 60 to 64 | 1:41 | 1:45 |
| 65 to 69 | 1:50 | too few finishers |
Notice how flat the middle of that table is. The whole men’s column spans 25 minutes from the fastest bracket to the slowest, and a man of 45 to 49 sits only 6 minutes off the quickest bracket in the entire field.
The practical implication for athletes over 40: do not benchmark yourself against the whole field. Benchmark against your bracket. A 1:42 finish at 47 is 11 minutes the slow side of the 45 to 49 median of 1:31, so it sits in the back half of that cohort rather than near the front of it. The encouraging part is what sits next to it in the table: your bracket’s median is only 6 minutes off the fastest bracket in the men’s field, so almost all of the ground between you and a strong age-group result is training rather than birthdays.
What Station Times Look Like Inside Your Total
A finish time is a summary. Understanding what drives it, and where your minutes are actually going, is where the real marginal gains are.
For the median Open finisher, the time splits work out like this:
- Running (8 x 1km): 41 minutes for men, 46 minutes for women
- Workout stations (8 stations combined): 38 minutes for men, 41 minutes for women
- Roxzone (the eight transitions): about 7 minutes for both
- Middle 50% of the field: 1:17 to 1:41 for men, 1:26 to 1:50 for women
The third line is the one nobody budgets for. The Roxzone is the transition area you cross eight times, and it costs the median finisher about 7 minutes without appearing on a single training plan.
The running component accounts for about 48% of race time, a little under half, for the median Open athlete. It is still the largest single block of the race, which is why HYROX rewards hybrid athletes, people who can sustain a decent 1km pace across 8 segments, not just athletes who are strong in the gym.
Station time is heavily influenced by two exercises: Wall Balls (100 reps) and Sled Push. Wall Balls are the single biggest time consumer for most athletes, particularly if they break sets early. Athletes who can complete Wall Balls in 3-4 unbroken sets typically save 2-4 minutes over athletes who break from rep 15 onwards.
A common first-race pattern among strong CrossFit athletes: they assume gym strength will translate directly into fast station times, and the running turns out to be the limiting factor. Average 6:30 per kilometre across the eight 1km runs and that is 52 minutes of running, 6 minutes more than the median Open Woman spends running and 11 more than the median Open Man. Twelve weeks of dedicated running base work and heart rate zone-based aerobic conditioning go straight at that block, and the time comes back in two places: on the run legs themselves, and in arriving at each station in far better shape.
A/B/C Goal Framework: How to Use These Benchmarks
Rather than picking a single finish time goal, structure your race targets as three tiers. This is a planning technique used by endurance coaches and it works particularly well for HYROX because race-day variables, heat, queuing at stations, partner coordination in Doubles, can shift your finish time by 5-10 minutes beyond your control.
A Goal: Your dream race. Everything goes well, you execute your pacing strategy, no queuing. This is what you would post if everything clicks.
B Goal: Your plan race. Realistic execution of your training. A solid result you would be satisfied with.
C Goal: Your floor. The minimum that represents a well-run race given a difficult day.
Here is how that looks in practice for a first-time Open Man targeting a solid debut:
| Goal | Target Time | What It Requires |
|---|---|---|
| A | 1:35:00 | Clean splits, 5:00/km running, no extended station breaks |
| B | 1:45:00 | Slight fade on runs 5-8, one or two station slowdowns |
| C | 1:55:00 | Tough day, walked some running legs, but finished strong |
Use the HYROX finish time predictor to generate a personalised estimate based on your current running data. This turns the benchmark tables above into a specific number that applies to you, not the average field.
Once you have your A, B, and C goals locked in, you have a training target to work backwards from. Periodising your running volume, station strength, and aerobic base is what bridges the gap between current fitness and your race target. Kracey coaches that block in Telegram from whatever fitness you are starting at, working backwards from the date rather than forwards from a template.
How Your Running Fitness Predicts Your HYROX Time
Before looking at the benchmarks and wondering which tier you belong in, there is a reliable shortcut: your current 5km or 10km pace.
Running accounts for a little under half of your total HYROX time, about 48% for the median finisher, and it is still the largest single block of it. That means your aerobic base is the single biggest lever on your finish time, more so than how strong you are in the gym. Athletes who can run 5km in under 22 minutes (men) or under 26 minutes (women) are typically capable of competitive Open times once station conditioning is layered on top.
If you want to see what your current running data predicts for race day, the HYROX finish time predictor takes your 5km or 10km pace, your division, and your station proficiency and outputs a projected finish time. It is a more honest starting point than guessing off a generic average.
The gap between where you are now and where you want to be is a training problem. A well-structured HYROX training plan targets your specific weak points, whether that is running aerobic capacity, station endurance, or race-day pacing discipline, and gives you a clear path from current fitness to goal time.
If you want to see how those weeks actually lay out, the free HYROX plan structure tool counts the phases back from your race date and shows you where the taper starts. Nothing to download and nothing to sign up for. The Kracey coach is the part that rewrites the week when you miss a session.
World Championship Qualification: What the Time Tables Mean in Context
One significant piece of context that most benchmark articles miss: from the 2026 World Championships onwards, HYROX has moved to qualifying from the Pro division only (with specific exceptions for the 60+ age category and Regional Open Championship events).
This means the Pro qualifying standards are no longer just a performance flex, they are the gateway to the sport’s highest level of competition. If chasing a World Championship start is on your radar, the sub-1:05 (Men) or sub-1:12 (Women) Pro qualifying standard is your minimum target. And you need to be competing in Pro, not Open, to qualify.
For most athletes this is years away, and that is fine. But it is worth knowing that the Open times in the tables above, however competitive, do not provide a direct path to World Championship qualification under the new structure.
FAQ
What is a good HYROX time for beginners? A good HYROX time for first-timers is 1:41 to 1:57 for Open Men and 1:50 to 2:07 for Open Women, which is the back quarter of the field, between the 75th and 90th percentile. Results do not flag debut athletes, so no first-timer average is published and this guide will not invent one. Finish at the quicker end of your band on a first attempt and a quarter of the division is already behind you.
What is the average HYROX finish time? There is no single pooled figure. Across the 274,200 Open results of the 2025/26 season, the field average is 1:31 for Open Men and 1:40 for Open Women. The median is the better number to plan against and it is quicker again at 1:27 and 1:36, because a long tail of slow finishes pulls the average back.
How does HYROX time vary by age? Both men and women are quickest in the 25 to 29 bracket, with medians of 1:25 and 1:34. The decline is gentle through the forties and steepens after 50: the men’s median moves from 1:27 at 35 to 39 to 1:31 at 45 to 49, then to 1:38 at 55 to 59. A 45-year-old man finishing in 1:36 is in roughly the same relative position as a 25-year-old finishing in 1:30, because the median moves 6 minutes between those two brackets.
Is Doubles faster than Open Singles? Yes. The median men’s pair finishes in 1:16 against 1:27 for the median solo Open Man, a saving of 11 minutes. It is far smaller than the halving most teams expect, because both partners still run all 8km together and only the station work is shared.
What is the difference between Open and Pro HYROX times? The median Pro Man finishes in 1:20 against 1:27 for the median Open Man, so the gap is about 7 minutes, and 1:24 against 1:31 on the field average. On the women’s side it is 1:26 against 1:36. That gap reflects the self-selecting nature of the Pro field rather than anything the loads do: Pro station weights are heavier, which makes the faster times more impressive, not less.
How much can I improve my HYROX time between races? Results do not track an athlete across races, so there is no published improvement figure and this guide will not invent one. What the field does show is where the gains sit. The distance from the back quarter of Open Men (1:41 to 1:57) to the median (1:27) is 14 to 30 minutes, and most of it is pacing, station familiarity under fatigue and a running base rather than raw fitness gained in six months.
The Bottom Line
Average HYROX times by division give you a map. They tell you where the field clusters, what separates beginner from intermediate from elite, and where you sit relative to athletes at your experience level and age.
There is no single global average, and the two that do exist, 1:31 for Open Men and 1:40 for Open Women, are field averages that already sit in the slower half of their own divisions. First-timers should plan against the back quarter, 1:41 to 1:57 (Open Men) or 1:50 to 2:07 (Open Women), then aim at the median of 1:27 or 1:36 at race two. For a deeper look at what counts as a good time at every level, see what is a good HYROX time .
Your next step: plug your current running data into the HYROX finish time predictor to get a personalised estimate, then use it to set your A, B, and C goals for race day. From there, get coached in Telegram . Kracey holds those three targets, reads the sessions you actually log, and tells you which of them is still realistic as race day gets closer.
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