ATHLETE PROFILE
David Cove
🇬🇧 GBR 9 races Best time 1:17:35
Finished top 36% of Open Men at HYROX Cardiff 2026; 9 races, best 1:17:35.
Race insights
David Cove's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Cardiff: 1:18:03, rank 954 of 2,717 in Open Men (top 36%). The division median that day was 1:23:38.
At 2026 Copenhagen, running made up 48% of David Cove's 1:21:35 (division median 49%): run time was 1 min 08 sec faster than the median run time, while the workout stations were 1 min 49 sec slower than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2025 Birmingham (1:25:33) to 2026 Malaga (1:17:35), David Cove got faster by 7 min 58 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Malaga | Open Men | #874 of 2,072(top 43%) | 1:17:35 | — | — |
| 2026 Copenhagen | Open Men | #262 of 522(top 51%) | 1:21:35 | 38:54 | 37:01 |
| 2026 Cardiff | Open Men | #954 of 2,717(top 36%) | 1:18:03 | — | — |
| 2026 Budapest | Open Men | #188 of 514(top 37%) | 1:20:26 | — | — |
| 2025 Rome | Open Men | #897 of 1,214(top 74%) | 1:30:40 | 38:57 | 45:23 |
| 2025 Riga | Open Men | #205 of 267(top 77%) | 1:34:17 | 43:41 | 44:58 |
| 2025 Malaga | Open Men | #737 of 865(top 86%) | 1:34:34 | 40:56 | 46:48 |
| 2025 Dublin | Open Men | #856 of 1,364(top 63%) | 1:23:26 | 39:51 | 38:56 |
| 2025 Birmingham | Open Men | #1,423 of 2,449(top 59%) | 1:25:33 | 40:08 | 39:15 |
Times come from official HYROX results. Finish shows the rank within the division at that event, with the top percentage of the field in brackets.
Finished alongside David Cove
At 2026 Malaga, Open Men:
- #869 Daniel Sandford — 1:17:33
- #870 Maximilian Seipt — 1:17:34
- #871 Karlos Pagador Rojas — 1:17:34
- #872 Craig Bennett — 1:17:35
- #873 Kristian Velkoski — 1:17:35
- #875 Ricardo Sanchis — 1:17:36
- #876 Francisco González Ruiz — 1:17:36
- #877 Andreas Martell — 1:17:38
- #878 Aidan Shanahan — 1:17:40
- #879 Kasper Dysterud — 1:17:40