Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 4:20 on Sim Armstrong.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 4:34 slower on the clock is close to the whole story.
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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:4758/566Beat 90%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Relay · Men55:434/81Beat 95%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:1987/887Beat 90%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Hayley Self 4:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:37 faster for everyone: 4:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair3:05 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:22117/551Beat 79%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 4:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 behind the field: 4:34 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete4:34 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:14 PB89/1474Beat 94%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:48 PB233/1917Beat 88%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:19127/1033Beat 88%
↑ 160 days after London 2023, with Josh Armstrong 2:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:38 faster for everyone: 2:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This pair0:54 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men53:54 PB6/291Beat 98%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men59:4736/787Beat 95%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:02:25126/1003Beat 87%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men58:3215/467Beat 97%