Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Cardiff 2026, Sebastian Ferris got 2:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:29 quicker, so 12:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 823 days between Birmingham 2023 and Manchester 2026, still ended 5:28 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
9 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:45 PB56/271Beat 79%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025, with Lee Edwards 0:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 better than the field: 2:25 faster on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This pair2:25 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:57 PB92/528Beat 83%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 2:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete0:51 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:48300/1463Beat 80%
↑ 823 days after Birmingham 2023 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 better than the field: 11:28 faster on the clock, against 6:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:00 faster This athlete11:28 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:52 PB29/312Beat 91%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:1082/269Beat 70%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:19286/704Beat 59%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:58316/494Beat 36%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:07310/1033Beat 70%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:16472/1182Beat 60%