ATHLETE PROFILE
Sam Pantling
🇬🇧 GBR 4 races Best time 1:03:06
Finished top 3% of Open Men at HYROX Cardiff 2026; 4 races, best 1:03:06.
Race insights
Sam Pantling's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Cardiff: 1:03:06, rank 74 of 2,717 in Open Men (top 3%). The division median that day was 1:23:38.
At 2025 London Excel, running made up 40% of Sam Pantling's 1:04:30 (division median 40%): run time was 6 min 31 sec faster than the median run time, while the workout stations were 6 min 11 sec faster than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2024 London (1:09:12) to 2026 Cardiff (1:03:06), Sam Pantling got faster by 6 min 06 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Cardiff | Open Men | #74 of 2,717(top 3%) | 1:03:06 | — | — |
| 2025 London Excel | Open Men | #208 of 3,058(top 7%) | 1:04:30 | 25:50 | 30:01 |
| 2025 Cardiff | Open Men | #63 of 1,461(top 5%) | 1:04:37 | — | 29:24 |
| 2024 London | Open Men | #161 of 1,293(top 13%) | 1:09:12 | 31:33 | 31:42 |
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 Sam Pantling
At 2026 Cardiff, Open Men:
- #69 James Sharpe — 1:02:48
- #70 Michael Clark — 1:02:51
- #71 Jack Johnson — 1:02:55
- #72 Conor Jones-Graves — 1:03:00
- #73 Rory Woods — 1:03:06
- #75 Niall Coleridge — 1:03:07
- #76 Aaron Crinnian — 1:03:09
- #77 Daniel Lythgoe — 1:03:09
- #78 Ben Batt — 1:03:16
- #79 Matthew Somers — 1:03:16