Hybrid Race Simulations & Fitness Tests for Groups

Pulses App lets coaches run repeatable hybrid race simulations and fitness tests with several athletes at once. Track performance, compare results and follow progress over time.

RUN race simulations and fitness tests with a group

TRACK finish times and individual station splits

COMPARE leaderboard results, personal bests and progression

ADD live heart rate and post-finish recovery data

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Pulses App hybrid fitness test result showing finish time, personal best, heart rate and recovery

Choose a Challenge. Create a benchmark.

Challenges in Pulses App are structured hybrid workouts with predefined stations, reps, loads or distances.

Run them as shorter fitness tests or longer race simulations. Because the format stays the same, athletes can repeat the Challenge later and compare their results.

Hybrid fitness Challenges in Pulses App with different stations, difficulty levels and equipment

STANDARDISED

Same stations. Same format. Comparable results.

FLEXIBLE

Use Challenges for fitness benchmarks, group competitions or race simulations.

REPEATABLE

Run the same Challenge again and track personal bests and progression.

Run a simulation with your group

Track several athletes at once, follow their progress through each station and record the result as the session happens.

LIVE VIEW

Follow each athlete’s progress live, with real-time heart rate when HR monitors are used.

DIFFERENT PACES, ONE VIEW

Follow athletes as they move through the same simulation at different speeds.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

Each athlete gets their own result from the same group session.

Coach view of a Pulses App hybrid race simulation with multiple athletes progressing through stations

Repeat the simulation. See what improved.

Run the same Challenge again later and compare the new result with the previous attempt.

In this example, the athlete improved their Dumbbell Engine time from 14:24 to 13:59 — a 25-second personal best.

Station-by-station comparison showing time gained and lost between repeated hybrid fitness tests

TRACK REAL PROGRESS

Repeat the same simulation and compare each new result with the previous attempt.

SEE WHERE TIME CHANGED

Station-by-station differences show where time was gained and lost.

FOCUS THE NEXT TRAINING

Use the comparison to see which stations need more work.

From fitness benchmark to race simulation

Pulses App Challenges can be used throughout hybrid training — from shorter repeatable fitness tests to longer race simulations.

For athletes preparing for fitness races such as HYROX, repeating structured simulations can help practise pacing, identify weaker stations and measure progress throughout the training period.

FITNESS BENCHMARK

Use a shorter Challenge as a repeatable hybrid fitness test. Establish a baseline, repeat it later and compare personal bests and station performance.

A benchmark can combine conditioning, muscular endurance and functional strength under fatigue, giving coaches a broader view of performance than a simple cardio test.

RACE SIMULATION

Use a longer Challenge to rehearse the demands of fitness racing. Run it with a group, practise pacing across multiple stations and compare individual results.

Repeat the same simulation during the training period to identify weaker stations, track progress and see how race readiness develops over time.

Ready to run your first hybrid simulation?

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