Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Valencia 2026, Martyn Smith and Ellie Smith got 5:32 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:14 quicker, so 15:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Malaga 2026: 5:30 on the field in 133 days.
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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:06:2334/79Beat 57%
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:5891/312Beat 71%
↑ 171 days after Cardiff 2026, with Ellie Smith 2:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:18 faster for everyone: 2:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair1:19 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:04:1924/53Beat 55%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:3971/361Beat 80%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026, with Ellie Smith 0:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 behind the field: 0:10 slower on the clock, against 0:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This pair0:10 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:29 PB122/546Beat 78%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025, with Ellie Smith 5:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 better than the field: 6:49 faster on the clock, against 1:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 faster This pair6:49 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:18627/1372Beat 54%
↑ 314 days after Manchester 2025, with Ellie Smith 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, so 2:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This pair5:56 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:07:18 PB1550/1600Beat 3%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:14504/733Beat 31%
↑ 328 days after Glasgow 2024, with Ellie Smith 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:30 faster on the clock, against 4:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 faster This pair4:30 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:44522/850Beat 39%
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Red Bull Monday Night shift: HYROX InvitationalDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:12:3832/48Beat 33%