A good SkiErg time is a split that fits your comparison group and the race you want to sustain afterward. This station opens HYROX's exercise sequence. Finishing its 1,000 meters quickly does not, by itself, tell you whether you distributed your effort well.
In the lookup above, choose your category, division, age and race location. You can see the benchmarks without entering a time or enter your published split. The comparison requires neither a name search nor registration.
How SkiErg works in Singles
The task is 1,000 meters after the first run, in both Open and Pro. The judge resets the monitor; after completing the distance, the athlete signals and waits for confirmation before leaving. Check the standards in section 8.1 of the 2026/27 Singles rulebook.
The distance is the same, but the divisions' participants are not necessarily comparable in experience or preparation. A difference between Open and Pro benchmarks does not measure an effect caused by the division.
Which benchmark should I use?
Start with the same category and division. Add your age group when the sample supports it. The Brazil filter combines Brazilian races, while the international filter uses a defined set of event editions abroad; neither is a ranking by nationality.
The typical benchmark divides participations in half. The most common range contains approximately the central half of the times. A result below the first mark of that range is among the faster station splits in the observed group.
This describes one station, not the athlete's entire preparation. Your best reference for reviewing a race remains the same section of the same edition, with comparable participants.
Example: interpreting a 4:30 SkiErg split
For Men Open, age 35–39, races in Brazil, we used 631 participations across 5 events. The typical benchmark is 4:37, and the central half falls between 4:26 and 4:50.
If you enter 4:30, you will see a split within that range, 7 seconds below the typical benchmark. This example is illustrative: it does not identify a person or mean everyone should aim for 4:30.
Next, open the rest of the result. Did the following run behave like the other comparable sections of your race? Did you notice any difficulty settling back into your rhythm?
Is it worth going faster in the first station?
The dataset used in this guide lets us compare SkiErg times. On its own, it does not record the effort an athlete chose or what would have happened if they had performed the station differently.
We therefore do not turn the gap to a benchmark into a pacing prescription. If your split was faster than the group's and the next run took longer, that raises a question to investigate, not a proven cause. Preparation, the course and execution may also contribute to that relationship.
A practical review combines splits with perceived effort and an account of execution. If you work with a training professional, bring these elements to a discussion about a strategy you can test before your next competition.
Are the monitor time and race split the same thing?
For this lookup, use the split published in your race result. An isolated ergometer workout may define its start and finish differently, as well as involve different execution conditions. Compare carefully before attributing the entire gap between those times to the athlete.
The same applies when analyzing different event editions. Equipment placement and timing points need to be understood in the event's context. An international benchmark broadens the comparison; it does not reproduce your participation.
Open the whole race before choosing your priority
In the commented São Paulo example, SkiErg was close to the group midpoint while other stations showed larger differences. A split can be well placed without telling the whole story of the race.
Find your participation in the results hub and see the available free preview, without registering. The full Performance Assessment is paid and provides a deeper reading of the result, with the offer and availability shown before purchase.
To prepare for your next start, see the HYROX Rio analysis. For the final station, explore the Wall Balls benchmarks.
How we built the benchmarks
The data were extracted on 26 October 2026 for Open and Pro Singles, with men's and women's categories kept separate. The Brazil sample contains 4,485 participations across 5 events, from 20 September 2025 to 18 October 2026. The international sample contains 200,508 across 70 events, from 19 July 2025 to 9 August 2026.
These are participations, not unique athletes. The same person may appear at different events. The international sample uses 70 dated editions from the previously reconciled archive; other editions in the database are not included in this version. Differences between Brazil and international benchmarks may also reflect coverage, period, participant profiles and timing conditions.
We started with original categories, removing repeated aggregate views and duplicate or inconsistent records. We required a positive, ranked finish time, a single valid station split and no stored penalty for that split. Historical provisional-result flags and recorded discrepancies in the sum of splits were also excluded. The absence of a flag does not certify official confirmation of every record.
During extreme-time screening, times outside 2:00 to 20:00 were excluded from the benchmarks for specific review. This does not mean every excluded time is invalid. The lookup describes only the screened sample.
Ranges were calculated across participations, rather than by averaging event medians. The typical benchmark divides the times in half; the most common range contains approximately the central half; the first mark of that range separates approximately the fastest 25%. Values are rounded to the nearest second and may include ties.
We show ranges with at least 50 participations across three events. With 20 participations across two events, we display only an initial benchmark. Below that, we do not classify the time. These criteria help limit conclusions in small groups; they are not confidence percentages.
Original results are accessible through the portal linked by HYROX Brasil. The tasks for the seasons analyzed were checked against the 2025/26 rulebook and the 2026/27 rulebook. This is an independent OUTLIER interpretation, subject to corrections at the source.