Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Richard Sansom pulled 2:19 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:05 quicker, so 6:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 189 days between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026, still ended 7:38 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
8 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:21 PB157/528Beat 70%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 7:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:38 better than the field: 11:38 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete11:38 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:18:40422/484Beat 13%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Simon Sykes 0:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 behind the field: 0:20 slower on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair0:20 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:18:20 PB267/312Beat 14%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Simon Sykes 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 4:32 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This pair4:32 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:59893/1600Beat 44%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 5:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 behind the field: 5:14 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete5:14 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:45987/1917Beat 49%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:22:52108/122Beat 12%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:19:30575/719Beat 20%
↑ 189 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, with Simon Sykes 4:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 behind the field: 3:34 slower on the clock, against 0:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This pair3:34 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:56 PB655/1033Beat 37%