Progress against the field
Josh Smith has gained 1:16 on the field from Birmingham 2023 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 13:19 quicker, so 14:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 11:48 better than 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
17 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:17:14728/1035Beat 30%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:42155/431Beat 64%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:161428/2102Beat 32%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:54303/2771Beat 89%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 20:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:27 better than the field: 24:03 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete24:03 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:57915/1312Beat 30%
↑ 278 days after Vienna 2025 22:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:34 behind the field: 24:36 slower on the clock, against 2:02 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 slower This athlete24:36 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:28 PB285/892Beat 68%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:21277/1356Beat 80%
↑ 105 days after Manchester 2024 5:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:50 faster for everyone, so 5:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete8:15 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men58:20 PB26/616Beat 96%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024, with Sam ELLIOT 3:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 better than the field: 3:55 faster on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair3:55 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:3643/293Beat 85%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:49619/795Beat 22%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:36432/1206Beat 64%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 13:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:50 behind the field: 9:36 slower on the clock, against 4:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete9:36 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:1595/719Beat 87%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:07:00 PB89/1916Beat 95%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 11:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 11:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete16:29 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:27132/1033Beat 87%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:34107/787Beat 86%
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London26 Nov 2023Relay · Men1:44:0042/43Beat 2%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:29438/1182Beat 63%