Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and London Excel 2025, Sean McStay lost 7:32 to the field.
The clock says 8:46 faster, but the races themselves got 16:18 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 372 days between London 2022 and London 2023, cost 3:24 on 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
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:47 PB209/476Beat 56%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:28 PB45/544Beat 92%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:44 PB176/445Beat 60%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:13 PB178/2771Beat 94%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:03157/1600Beat 90%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 0:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, so 0:15 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete4:54 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:57317/1916Beat 84%
↑ 174 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:07 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete0:09 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:48364/1860Beat 80%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 0:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 better than the field: 4:06 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:54473/1865Beat 75%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 3:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete0:30 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:18:24195/865Beat 78%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2022 4:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 behind the field: 3:25 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete3:25 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:14:59159/960Beat 83%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · MenDNF—