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Richard Hynek

HYROX Elite athlete (55:29 PB) · elite OCR coach · founder of 8stations.ai

Richard Hynek is the founder and head coach of 8stations.ai — a HYROX Elite athlete and decorated obstacle-course racer who built the platform to put a racer’s eye and a coach’s method in every athlete’s hands.

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Articles by Richard Hynek

HYROX athlete crossing the transition floor (the roxzone) between the run lane and the functional stations

Race Analysis & Data

Where You Actually Lose Time in HYROX: A Station-by-Station Time-Loss Breakdown

Most athletes lose HYROX time in four predictable places: run fade, the roxzone, station blow-ups, and pacing. Here is the station-by-station breakdown of where your seconds actually go, from elite coach Richard Hynek.

Richard Hynek15 min read8 Jul 2026

HYROX athlete running the compromised run leg between stations

Pacing & Strategy

How to Pace Your First HYROX: The Race-Day Strategy That Stops You Blowing Up

An elite racer's run-by-run pacing protocol for your first HYROX. Pace off compromised running, not a fresh 5k, hold the sleds, and finish the way you started, with no blow-up.

Richard Hynek15 min read1 Jul 2026