ATHLETE PROFILE
Erik Valka
🇦🇺 AUS 2 races Best time 1:28:53
Finished top 68% of Open Men at HYROX Melbourne 2024; 2 races, best 1:28:53.
Race insights
Erik Valka's best finish relative to the field was 2024 Melbourne: 1:29:31, rank 760 of 1,120 in Open Men (top 68%). The division median that day was 1:23:08.
At 2025 Sydney, running made up 48% of Erik Valka's 1:28:53 (division median 46%): run time was 5 min 19 sec slower than the median run time, while the workout stations were 2 min 59 sec slower than the median workout time (Open Men).
From 2024 Melbourne (1:29:31) to 2025 Sydney (1:28:53), Erik Valka got faster by 38 sec in Open.
Race history
| Event | Division | Finish | Time | Run | Workout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Sydney | Open Men | #785 of 1,064(top 74%) | 1:28:53 | 42:19 | 37:19 |
| 2024 Melbourne | Open Men | #760 of 1,120(top 68%) | 1:29:31 | 43:48 | 36:10 |
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 Erik Valka
At 2025 Sydney, Open Men:
- #780 Caleb Groch — 1:28:42
- #781 Julien Hauret — 1:28:43
- #782 Ben Tuxworth — 1:28:46
- #783 Paul Scells — 1:28:47
- #784 Oliver Atkinson Perillo — 1:28:52
- #786 Faysal Kalal — 1:28:54
- #787 Stephen Oconnell — 1:28:56
- #788 George Ellis — 1:28:57
- #789 Cheyne Brown — 1:29:00
- #790 Scott Jackson — 1:29:01