Progress against the field
Sam Hammond has dropped 1:55 behind the field from London 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 10:41 faster, but the races themselves got 12:36 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 3:43 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:17446/1442Beat 69%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 2:20 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete2:20 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:57 PB725/2771Beat 74%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:34 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:31638/1917Beat 67%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 3:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete2:16 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:47507/1637Beat 69%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 1:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 better than the field: 2:05 faster on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete2:05 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:52767/1860Beat 59%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 3:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 better than the field: 7:06 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete7:06 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:581057/1865Beat 43%