ATHLETE PROFILE
Simon Thornton
🇬🇧 GBR 3 races Best time 1:14:19
Finished top 32% of Open Men at HYROX Malaga 2026; 3 races, best 1:14:19.
Race insights
Simon Thornton's best finish relative to the field was 2026 Malaga: 1:14:19, rank 659 of 2,072 in Open Men (top 32%). The division median that day was 1:20:07.
At 2025 Copenhagen, running made up 50% of Simon Thornton's 1:17:20 (division median 48%): run time was 16 sec slower than the median run time, while the workout stations were 1 min 53 sec faster than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2024 Birmingham (1:28:19) to 2026 Malaga (1:14:19), Simon Thornton got faster by 14 min 00 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Malaga | Open Men | #659 of 2,072(top 32%) | 1:14:19 | — | — |
| 2025 Copenhagen | Open Men | #322 of 772(top 42%) | 1:17:20 | 38:55 | 32:27 |
| 2024 Birmingham | Open Men | #1,008 of 1,564(top 65%) | 1:28:19 | 43:06 | 36:07 |
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 Simon Thornton
At 2026 Malaga, Open Men:
- #654 Darran O’Sullivan — 1:14:15
- #655 Pablo Pérez López — 1:14:15
- #656 Dean Nolan — 1:14:16
- #657 Mark Radcliffe — 1:14:17
- #658 Eric Boles — 1:14:19
- #660 Miguel Morais — 1:14:19
- #661 Adrian Pantaleon Jimenez — 1:14:20
- #662 Raúl Ardil Navarro — 1:14:20
- #663 Nicolas Georges — 1:14:22
- #664 Angel Fernandez — 1:14:22