Progress against the field
Marc Black has dropped 5:18 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 15:01 quicker, so 9:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 453 days between Birmingham 2024 and Manchester 2026, cost 14:17 on 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:13481/646Beat 26%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 1:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:04 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:09660/913Beat 28%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 5:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:50 better than the field: 9:19 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete9:19 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:281253/1463Beat 14%
↑ 453 days after Birmingham 2024 14:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:17 behind the field: 9:37 slower on the clock, against 4:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete9:37 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:08:2190/148Beat 39%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:51 PB1393/1916Beat 27%
↑ 174 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:02 faster on the clock, against 0:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete0:02 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:531393/1860Beat 25%
↑ 196 days after Birmingham 2023 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:16 faster for everyone, so 4:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete10:03 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:44:56969/1182Beat 18%