Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and London Excel 2025, Darren Newell kept pace with the field.
The clock says 11:01 faster, but the races themselves got 11:13 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London 2023 → Sports Direct HYROX London 2024: 4:34 on the field in 160 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
6 races · 6 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:05 PB385/445Beat 14%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:54 PB1334/2779Beat 52%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:34 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:021007/1917Beat 48%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 4:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 4:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:16743/1637Beat 55%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:31 faster on the clock, against 0:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete0:31 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:47979/1860Beat 47%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 4:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 4:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete8:08 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:551268/1865Beat 32%