Progress against the field
Between London 2022 and Cardiff 2026, Nicola Darling lost 4:23 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:01 quicker, so 3:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
405 days between Birmingham 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:51 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 Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:16:44 PB128/680Beat 81%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:26:54232/399Beat 42%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Sarah Daniels 1:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 1:01 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This pair3:41 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:48 PB246/646Beat 62%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 8:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:31 better than the field: 9:40 faster on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete9:40 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:21:06104/277Beat 63%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:39:281123/1542Beat 27%
↑ 405 days after Birmingham 2024 6:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 behind the field: 0:32 slower on the clock, against 6:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:19 faster This athlete0:32 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:30:35756/1111Beat 32%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:38:56351/564Beat 38%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:15 slower on the clock, against 0:24 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This athlete0:15 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Women1:19:19416/1419Beat 71%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Women1:38:41637/961Beat 34%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 6:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 behind the field: 5:15 slower on the clock, against 0:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete5:15 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Women1:33:26238/411Beat 42%