ATHLETE PROFILE
Ross Swords
🇮🇪 IRL 5 races Best time 1:07:52
Finished top 13% of Open Men at HYROX Malaga 2026; 5 races, best 1:07:52.
Race insights
Ross Swords's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Malaga: 1:07:52, rank 257 of 2,072 in Open Men (top 13%). The division median that day was 1:20:07.
At 2026 Amsterdam, running made up 48% of Ross Swords's 1:12:32 (division median 48%): run time was 4 min 06 sec faster than the median run time, while the workout stations were 2 min 27 sec faster than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2025 Cardiff (1:18:42) to 2026 Malaga (1:07:52), Ross Swords got faster by 10 min 50 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Malaga | Open Men | #257 of 2,072(top 13%) | 1:07:52 | — | — |
| 2026 Amsterdam | Open Men | #293 of 1,241(top 24%) | 1:12:32 | 34:49 | 32:32 |
| 2025 London Excel | Open Men | #867 of 3,058(top 29%) | 1:13:11 | 29:10 | 34:14 |
| 2025 Dublin | Open Men | #525 of 1,364(top 39%) | 1:15:38 | 36:26 | 35:28 |
| 2025 Cardiff | Open Men | #640 of 1,461(top 44%) | 1:18:42 | — | 35:04 |
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 Ross Swords
At 2026 Malaga, Open Men:
- #252 Rober Rodriguez Ruiz — 1:07:47
- #253 Alex Smith — 1:07:48
- #254 Tom Gilbert — 1:07:49
- #255 David Perkins — 1:07:51
- #256 Mehdi Rifai — 1:07:51
- #258 Alejandro Calero — 1:07:52
- #259 Conor O'Hare — 1:07:54
- #260 João Costeira — 1:07:56
- #261 James Roberts — 1:07:56
- #262 Miguel Ferreira Pinto — 1:07:56