Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Olympia 2026, Simon Sykes and Richard Sansom got 0:21 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:12 faster, but the races themselves got 3:51 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 1:12 ahead of 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. The summary above covers Doubles Pro · Men, with Richard Sansom, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 16 events
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:02667/1103Beat 40%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:49577/673Beat 14%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 16:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:04 behind the field: 20:26 slower on the clock, against 4:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete20:26 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:50 PB290/564Beat 49%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:23 PB319/528Beat 40%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:18:40422/484Beat 13%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Richard Sansom 0:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 behind the field: 0:20 slower on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair0:20 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:35 PB56/66Beat 15%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:32232/404Beat 43%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:18:20267/312Beat 14%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Richard Sansom 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 4:32 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This pair4:32 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:08949/1486Beat 36%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:201559/1917Beat 19%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:22:52108/122Beat 12%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:19:30575/719Beat 20%
↑ 189 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, with Richard Sansom 4:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 behind the field: 3:34 slower on the clock, against 0:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This pair3:34 slower -
Hamburg2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:36:08948/1248Beat 24%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:56655/1033Beat 37%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:561102/1865Beat 41%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:39:04 PB98/112Beat 13%