ATHLETE PROFILE
Blake Podnar
🇦🇺 AUS 3 races Best time 1:05:29
Finished top 4% of Open Men at HYROX Sydney 2026; 3 races, best 1:05:29.
Race insights
Blake Podnar's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Sydney: 1:05:29, rank 130 of 3,309 in Open Men (top 4%). The division median that day was 1:25:32.
At 2026 Brisbane, running made up 51% of Blake Podnar's 1:12:57 (division median 47%): run time was 2 min 02 sec faster than the median run time, while the workout stations were 4 min 53 sec faster than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2025 Perth (1:14:06) to 2026 Sydney (1:05:29), Blake Podnar got faster by 8 min 37 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Sydney | Open Men | #130 of 3,309(top 4%) | 1:05:29 | — | — |
| 2026 Brisbane | Open Men | #95 of 407(top 24%) | 1:12:57 | 36:54 | 30:43 |
| 2025 Perth | Open Men | #112 of 442(top 26%) | 1:14:06 | 37:08 | 29:56 |
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 Blake Podnar
At 2026 Sydney, Open Men:
- #125 Erol Sertbas — 1:05:20
- #126 Ronan Kilkelly — 1:05:25
- #127 Patrice Seta — 1:05:26
- #128 Michael Donovan — 1:05:28
- #129 Julian Van Druten — 1:05:29
- #131 James Hams — 1:05:30
- #132 Logan Thomas-Flipp — 1:05:30
- #133 Alexander Pirperis — 1:05:32
- #134 Michael Quinn — 1:05:34
- #135 Anton Grimley — 1:05:34