ATHLETE PROFILE
James Simpson
🇬🇧 GBR 3 races Best time 1:20:55
Finished top 56% of Open Men at HYROX Malaga 2025; 3 races, best 1:20:55.
Race insights
James Simpson's best finish relative to the field was 2025 Malaga: 1:20:55, rank 480 of 865 in Open Men (top 56%). The division median that day was 1:19:13.
At 2025 Malaga, running made up 52% of James Simpson's 1:20:55 (division median 49%): run time was 3 min 06 sec slower than the median run time, while the workout stations were 46 sec faster than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2025 Birmingham (1:30:35) to 2025 Malaga (1:20:55), James Simpson got faster by 9 min 40 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Auckland | Pro Men | #125 of 132(top 95%) | 1:49:59 | 39:54 | 1:04:41 |
| 2025 Malaga | Open Men | #480 of 865(top 56%) | 1:20:55 | 41:42 | 33:47 |
| 2025 Birmingham | Open Men | #1,711 of 2,449(top 70%) | 1:30:35 | 43:27 | 40:04 |
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 James Simpson
At 2026 Auckland, Pro Men:
- #120 Chris Greeff — 1:42:43
- #121 Daniel Salamanca — 1:44:05
- #122 Greg Wallace — 1:44:09
- #123 Joshua Winter — 1:46:03
- #124 Qingzhao Guo — 1:47:07
- #126 David Deakin — 1:52:27
- #127 Shaun Burgess — 1:54:21
- #128 Jason Hill — 1:54:56
- #129 Trevor Healy — 1:54:57
- #130 Vatimi Tatukivei — 2:02:23