Progress against the field
Paul Woods has gained 9:51 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 11:45 faster, but the races themselves got 1:54 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 9:52 on the field in 146 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:40 PB544/693Beat 22%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete2:08 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:48431/533Beat 19%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 9:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:37 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 9:52 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete9:37 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:40:25437/462Beat 5%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:39 PB720/1401Beat 49%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 6:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:38 slower for everyone: 6:08 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete5:30 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:09675/966Beat 30%
↑ 321 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 better than the field: 5:47 faster on the clock, against 2:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 faster This athlete5:47 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:561364/1860Beat 27%