Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Richard Smith got 4:47 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:43 quicker, so 13:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:25 behind 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
25 races · 18 events
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:37402/1003Beat 60%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:07299/430Beat 31%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:02 PB23/466Beat 95%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026 22:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:29 better than the field: 23:50 faster on the clock, against 1:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This athlete23:50 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:52810/1036Beat 22%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 28:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:26 behind the field: 22:25 slower on the clock, against 6:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete22:25 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:32239/359Beat 33%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:56131/460Beat 72%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025, with Charlotte Bailey 5:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:08 better than the field: 6:12 faster on the clock, against 1:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This pair6:12 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed1:14:0433/71Beat 54%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:26 PB221/279Beat 21%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:27126/1463Beat 91%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 11:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:21 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 11:28 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete10:21 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:24 PB386/1372Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:48938/2771Beat 66%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete2:37 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:54792/1177Beat 33%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:08460/889Beat 48%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:23 PB182/563Beat 68%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:25272/639Beat 57%
↑ 77 days after Copenhagen 2025 0:41 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:34 slower for everyone, so this was 0:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete0:53 slower -
New York30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:01570/776Beat 27%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:47211/333Beat 37%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:32544/1323Beat 59%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:55591/947Beat 38%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:07859/1445Beat 41%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 1:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Katowice22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:23229/275Beat 17%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:32778/1191Beat 35%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 7:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:36 better than the field: 9:56 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete9:56 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:281276/1637Beat 22%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 faster for everyone: 0:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete0:01 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:271494/1860Beat 20%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 6:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:34 faster for everyone: 6:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete3:12 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:151342/1865Beat 28%