Progress against the field
Matthew Watson has dropped 1:17 behind the field from Copenhagen 2024 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 12:56 quicker, so 11:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 1:02 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
21 races · 19 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:03124/273Beat 55%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:49172/206Beat 17%
↑ 166 days after Rome 2025 10:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:49 faster for everyone: 10:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete8:11 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:55761/2102Beat 64%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:15 PB657/2779Beat 76%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 better than the field: 5:04 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:13:59 PB55/82Beat 33%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:38 PB144/276Beat 48%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:19241/639Beat 62%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2025 0:16 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 slower on the clock, but the race was 3:15 slower for everyone, so this was 0:16 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 slower This athlete2:59 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:20629/1851Beat 66%
↑ 65 days after Glasgow 2025 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:33 faster for everyone: 2:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:29177/898Beat 80%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:57443/1445Beat 69%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 6:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:06 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete9:57 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:17 PB120/524Beat 77%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:54765/1637Beat 53%
↑ 20 days after Paris 2024 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:33 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:27767/1585Beat 52%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:05 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This athlete0:42 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:39297/875Beat 66%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:091001/1916Beat 48%
↑ 174 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:55 faster: 3:02 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete2:55 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:10 PB73/855Beat 92%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:041185/1860Beat 36%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2024 5:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 behind the field: 8:08 slower on the clock, against 3:02 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 slower This athlete8:08 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:56532/953Beat 44%
↑ 28 days after Copenhagen 2024 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:51 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete3:58 faster -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:54413/686Beat 40%
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Frankfurt9 Dec 2023Individual Open · Men1:36:30639/843Beat 24%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:131663/1865Beat 11%