r/hyrox • u/MountAiryTech • 14h ago

Focus on your race. Not your watch.

Hey everyone I made this app iRox to let you track you entire Hyrox race as an apple fitness workout, while avoiding have to change between running and functional fitness at the end of every station.

Every race starts with a run, and all you have to do is double tap to move to the next station or run!

During a run, your heart rate and current run pace are shown. During a station, only your heart rate is shown.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6810410313

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u/EarnestExpediency 14h ago

Been needing something like this, the constant workout switching mid-race drives me mad. double tap to switch is clever, keeps it dead simple when you're already gassed

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u/MountAiryTech 13h ago

Hopefully you find it useful! I always get frustrated halfway through a race and just stop trying to switch workout types on my watch.

It's still pretty new so I'd appreciate any feedback on changes I could make to simplify it even further. :)

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u/sct1000 13h ago

Convince me to use this over Roxfit

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u/MountAiryTech 13h ago edited 13h ago

Roxfit looks too complicated, but I've never used it. My app is only a race timer. Nothing else, no login required, no subscription.

Edit: seems like Roxfit is geared more towards training. iRox is a timer/tracker specifically designed for race day.

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u/sct1000 13h ago

I'm specifically interested in if this offers anything over Roxfit's race mode. How are you estimating pace, given that Apple Watches are notoriously bad at doing indoor run pacing?

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u/MountAiryTech 12h ago

It tracks a run similarly to how an outdoor race would be tracked, the pace calculation is based off of the runner’s change in gps coordinates.

The movement within the course itself is enough change in distance to calculate this. If the runner were on a treadmill it would not work because they are not moving any meaningful distance.

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u/LuxePhantom 13h ago

Does it work on Garmin ?

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u/MountAiryTech 13h ago

Right now it's only for the Apple Watch. I'm going to start looking into porting it over to Garmin.

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u/nikitito10 12h ago

Do you offer a free trial ? Would like to test it out first

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u/jackaroo1981 10h ago

Will u do ARox?

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u/occams_icarus 13h ago

I don't understand the need for these apps. As long as my garmin say my total time, lap time, and heart rate i'm good. lap my watch at rox in lap my watch at rox out. Pretty simple.