Progress against the field
Roy Shortall has dropped 4:36 behind the field from Madrid 2023 to Hamburg 2025.
The clock says 6:33 faster, but the races themselves got 11:09 quicker for everyone.
334 days between London 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:05 better than the field.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
16 races · 14 events
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:44374/616Beat 39%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:57825/1463Beat 44%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:29737/1486Beat 50%
↑ 139 days after Berlin 2025 7:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:38 slower for everyone: 7:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 slower This athlete9:12 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:17862/1851Beat 53%
↑ 168 days after London 2024 6:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:04 faster for everyone: 6:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:28 PB84/921Beat 91%
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London29 Nov 2024Relay · Mixed1:04:386/25Beat 76%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:39 PB501/1637Beat 69%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 1:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete4:15 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:5071/492Beat 86%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:54831/1916Beat 57%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 4:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:05 better than the field: 4:58 faster on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete4:58 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:1858/618Beat 91%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Relay · Mixed1:06:059/87Beat 90%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:35127/850Beat 85%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:521050/1865Beat 44%
↑ 64 days after Madrid 2023 4:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, so 4:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete7:10 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Relay · Mixed1:23:0314/43Beat 67%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:02429/568Beat 25%