Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Manchester 2026, Ric Hayes lost 8:42 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:41 quicker, so 2:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 3:02 on the field in 43 days.
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
15 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:10 PB497/693Beat 28%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:27 PB258/848Beat 70%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Lorraine Johnson 6:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 better than the field: 9:13 faster on the clock, against 2:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This pair9:13 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:54391/533Beat 27%
↑ 460 days after Manchester 2025 5:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:49 better than the field: 8:15 faster on the clock, against 2:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This athlete8:15 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:40151/297Beat 49%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:49 PB101/404Beat 75%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:19 PB671/1463Beat 54%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:02 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 2:09 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:02 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:13962/1815Beat 47%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:211362/2779Beat 51%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 better than the field: 6:04 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:25912/1600Beat 43%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 7:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:26 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete4:50 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:35768/1401Beat 45%
↑ 202 days after Manchester 2024 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:56 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete2:57 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:01:2952/148Beat 65%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Pro · Men1:35:09160/196Beat 18%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:32793/1206Beat 34%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 6:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:14 faster for everyone: 6:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete2:14 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:18900/1916Beat 53%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:11336/925Beat 64%