ATHLETE PROFILE
Romel Pongol
🇵🇭 PHI 2 races Best time 2:24:59
Finished top 98% of Open Men at HYROX Taipei 2025; 2 races, best 2:24:59.
Race insights
Romel Pongol's best finish relative to the field was 2025 Taipei: 2:27:37, rank 281 of 289 in Open Men (top 98%). The division median that day was 1:33:07.
At 2026 Taipei, running made up 47% of Romel Pongol's 2:24:59 (division median 47%): run time was 27 min 13 sec slower than the median run time, while the workout stations were 25 min 46 sec slower than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2025 Taipei (2:27:37) to 2026 Taipei (2:24:59), Romel Pongol got faster by 2 min 38 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Taipei | Open Men | #288 of 291(top 99%) | 2:24:59 | 1:07:26 | 1:04:05 |
| 2025 Taipei | Open Men | #281 of 289(top 98%) | 2:27:37 | 1:08:09 | 1:07:54 |
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 Romel Pongol
At 2026 Taipei, Open Men:
- #283 Michael Wong — 2:09:41
- #284 David Ko — 2:09:54
- #285 Henry Chu — 2:12:56
- #286 Raymond John Collins — 2:19:50
- #287 Gabriel Yu — 2:22:13
- #289 Eugene Chen — 2:28:01
- #290 Wei Chiang — 2:30:00
- #291 Sheng Yao Kew — 2:38:31