Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and Birmingham 2026, Simon Potkins lost 1:50 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 11:10 quicker, so 9:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 826 days between Manchester 2022 and Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, still ended 3:34 ahead of 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:35165/693Beat 76%
↑ 546 days after London 2025 6:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 behind the field: 4:15 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete4:15 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:4597/430Beat 77%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:22 PB189/493Beat 62%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:15 PB238/1474Beat 84%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:05 PB148/1177Beat 87%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:20 PB304/1917Beat 84%
↑ 364 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 better than the field: 5:22 faster on the clock, against 4:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete5:22 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:05:33101/441Beat 77%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:42491/1860Beat 74%
↑ 826 days after Manchester 2022 3:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, so 3:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete8:13 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:55196/476Beat 59%