Barcelona hosted a HYROX race on 18th March 2023 at the Fira Barcelona.
Read on for the highlights of the day…
Men’s Pro
The big news from Barcelona was Hunter McIntyre smashing the World Record upon his return to the sport – in an INCREDIBLE time of 00:54:07. I got to speak with Hunter shortly afterwards, and you can see the interview here (or listen on the Rox Lyfe podcast).
Second and third place were both superb sub-60 times with Joffrey Voisin in 2nd place with a time of 00:56:46 and Jonathon Wynn in 3rd in 00:58:06
The performance from Hunter is simply incredible and makes him hot favourite to retain his title at the 2023 World Championship. The closest anyone else has ever got to that time is 2.06m slower by Alexander Roncevic in Vienna 2023. In the below image, we’ve compared Hunter’s record breaking performance against the median of the times from the other (current) Elite 15 athletes in the Men’s Pro division. Across all sections of the race, he excels…
Women’s Pro
The Women’s Pro race was won by Rebecca Mason in a time of 01:03:57. Second was Jezabel Kremer in 01:05:50 and third was Kate Davey in 01:06:23 (coached by our amazing Rox Lyfe coach Paul Gillingham).
Rebecca shared her thoughts on the race with us afterwards in this video…Â
Men’s Open
Fastest in the Men’s Open was Alfons Deu Ruiz in 00:56:34. Alfons then, later on in the day, also took part in the Men’s Pro race, completing it in an impressive 01:05:18! Second was Guiseppe Spreafico in 01:01:16, closely followed by Iker Coria Alfonso in 01:01:43.
Women’s Open
Fastest in the Women’s Open race was Marta Garcia-Saavedra in 01:06:31. Second was Susana Merino Munoz in 01:08:39, very closely followed by Cristina Manteiga 01:08:59.
Doubles
The fastest Mixed Doubles time was set by David Tielie and Emilie Venza in 00:57:26.
The Men’s Doubles was won by Ruben Parreira and Hugo Jorge in 00:53:10.
The Women’s Double was won by Ana Coelho and Ana Ribeiro in 01:01:43.
If you competed in Barcelona, let us know in the comments below how your race went, and what you thought of the day!
Here are some photos of the event:
Other Spanish HYROX events have been held in Malaga, Bilbao, Madrid and Valencia. To read up on the most recent HYROX Barcelona event, visit here.
