Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and Cardiff 2026, Gemma Pearson pulled 2:10 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:10 quicker, so 9:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
551 days between Birmingham 2024 and Cardiff 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:21 better than 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:20:49 PB53/400Beat 87%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 better than the field: 7:11 faster on the clock, against 4:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:50 faster This athlete7:11 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Women1:18:52 PB105/222Beat 53%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:28:00175/564Beat 69%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 0:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Women1:16:37 PB281/1419Beat 80%
↑ 567 days after Birmingham 2022, with Emma Rees 0:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 better than the field: 2:10 faster on the clock, against 1:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair2:10 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Women1:30:09230/532Beat 57%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Women1:18:4793/309Beat 70%