Progress against the field
Lucian Ficau has gained 1:55 on the field from London 2023 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 7:52 faster, but the races themselves got 5:57 quicker for everyone.
516 days between London 2024 and Cardiff 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:10 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 10 events
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:5947/852Beat 95%
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:02:0515/56Beat 73%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:36 PB143/533Beat 73%
↑ 516 days after London 2024 2:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:26 faster for everyone, so 2:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete1:16 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:40 PB88/484Beat 82%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed57:212/72Beat 97%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:052/610Beat 100%
↑ 174 days after Rome 2025, with Naomi Morris 3:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 behind the field: 0:02 slower on the clock, against 2:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This pair0:02 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men53:5411/120Beat 91%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Relay · Mixed58:403/33Beat 91%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:03 PB21/655Beat 97%
↑ 167 days after Warsaw 2025, with Naomi Morris 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:24 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This pair0:24 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:2711/256Beat 96%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:12:5250/182Beat 73%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:18 faster for everyone, so 2:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This athlete2:57 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Pro · Men1:15:49103/237Beat 57%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 1:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 1:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:19:28139/321Beat 57%