ATHLETE PROFILE
Michael Knitsch
🇩🇪 GER 2 races Best time 1:18:59
Finished top 24% of Open Men at HYROX Karlsruhe 2026; 2 races, best 1:18:59.
Race insights
Michael Knitsch's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Karlsruhe: 1:18:59, rank 407 of 1,723 in Open Men (top 24%). The division median that day was 1:29:13.
From 2026 Berlin (1:21:21) to 2026 Karlsruhe (1:18:59), Michael Knitsch got faster by 2 min 22 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Karlsruhe | Open Men | #407 of 1,723(top 24%) | 1:18:59 |
| 2026 Berlin | Open Men | #1,559 of 4,131(top 38%) | 1:21:21 |
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 Michael Knitsch
At 2026 Karlsruhe, Open Men:
- #402 Dirk Freiland — 1:18:54
- #403 Steeve Dejean — 1:18:56
- #404 Maximilian Schaaf-Tempel — 1:18:56
- #405 Chris Pulley — 1:18:56
- #406 Tobias Lübke — 1:18:59
- #408 Matthias Gilles — 1:18:59
- #409 Adam Robertson — 1:19:00
- #410 Felix Reis — 1:19:00
- #411 Philipp Uhler — 1:19:00
- #412 Tomáš Francouz — 1:19:02