Progress against the field
Between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Joe Nelson lost 5:32 to the field.
The clock says 2:11 faster, but the races themselves got 7:43 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 536 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 2:35 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
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:28215/615Beat 65%
↑ 391 days after Paris 1 2025, with Elise Bloy 4:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:00 faster for everyone: 4:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This pair1:45 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:30147/913Beat 84%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 8:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:00 faster for everyone: 8:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete4:07 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:23 PB152/1821Beat 92%
↑ 536 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 better than the field: 6:18 faster on the clock, against 3:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete6:18 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:43 PB297/832Beat 64%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:41356/1860Beat 81%