Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, James Banks and Paul Rhodes lost 1:07 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:05 quicker, so 1:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:27 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Men, with Paul Rhodes, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:04207/312Beat 34%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Paul Rhodes 1:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 behind the field: 0:40 slower on the clock, against 0:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair0:40 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:24 PB227/396Beat 43%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Paul Rhodes 3:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 3:41 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair4:08 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:24:02 PB262/279Beat 6%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:321599/2102Beat 24%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Paul Rhodes 3:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:21 behind the field: 1:30 slower on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair1:30 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:02824/1177Beat 30%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:47465/563Beat 17%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:00 PB1604/1917Beat 16%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 3:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:20586/688Beat 15%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:53:351021/1033Beat 1%