ATHLETE PROFILE
Hennie Van Niekerk
🇿🇦 RSA 3 races Best time 1:07:06
Finished top 13% of Pro Men at HYROX Cape Town 2026; 3 races, best 1:07:06.
Race insights
Hennie Van Niekerk's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Cape Town: 1:07:06, rank 23 of 178 in Pro Men (top 13%). The division median that day was 1:20:32.
From 2026 Cape Town (1:07:06) to 2026 Johannesburg (1:17:36), Hennie Van Niekerk finished slower by 10 min 30 sec in Pro; the fastest race in that run was 2026 Cape Town at 1:07:06.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Johannesburg | Pro Men | #27 of 131(top 21%) | 1:17:36 |
| 2026 Cape Town (April) | Pro Men | #51 of 192(top 27%) | 1:15:45 |
| 2026 Cape Town | Pro Men | #23 of 178(top 13%) | 1:07:06 |
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 Hennie Van Niekerk
At 2026 Johannesburg, Pro Men:
- #22 Brendon Warne — 1:15:57
- #23 Keegan Ritchie — 1:16:32
- #24 Jonathan Müller — 1:16:45
- #25 Egor Oussov — 1:16:47
- #26 Robert Young — 1:17:01
- #28 Fourie Moller — 1:17:46
- #29 Stefan Ruprecht — 1:18:17
- #30 Jason Fourie — 1:18:41
- #31 Pascal Alanga — 1:19:01
- #32 Graeme Buckley — 1:19:40