Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Rob Humphries and Paul Simpson lost 4:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:38 quicker, so 1:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
390 days between Manchester 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:14 behind 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Paul Simpson, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:17 PB845/1159Beat 27%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Lucy Fisher 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:01 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:09160/600Beat 73%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Paul Simpson 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 better than the field: 3:44 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair3:44 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:18599/848Beat 29%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:50 PB152/456Beat 67%
↑ 725 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 better than the field: 4:55 faster on the clock, against 4:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:42 faster This athlete4:55 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:531012/2102Beat 52%
↑ 390 days after Manchester 2024, with Paul Simpson 7:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:14 behind the field: 4:02 slower on the clock, against 3:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This pair4:02 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:51 PB242/719Beat 66%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024, with Paul Simpson 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:35 faster on the clock, against 1:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This pair1:35 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:26292/875Beat 67%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:45818/1860Beat 56%
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Rotterdam20 May 2023Doubles Open · Men1:21:02158/249Beat 37%