Progress against the field
Craig Sample has dropped 16:40 behind the field from London 2023 to London Olympia 2026.
The clock says 3:33 slower, but the races themselves got 13:07 quicker for everyone.
215 days between London 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:40 behind 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:07465/813Beat 43%
↑ 500 days after Manchester 2024, with Karim Megatli 8:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:50 faster for everyone: 8:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This pair6:33 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:4397/177Beat 45%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 4:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 behind the field: 2:26 slower on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:26 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:171661/2779Beat 40%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 9:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:42 faster for everyone: 9:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete7:58 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:19742/1917Beat 61%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 7:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:23 behind the field: 1:54 slower on the clock, against 5:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete1:54 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:25 PB193/688Beat 72%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:28 faster for everyone, so 0:23 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete0:05 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:34 PB296/719Beat 59%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:30541/1860Beat 71%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 5:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 better than the field: 8:40 faster on the clock, against 3:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete8:40 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:10878/1865Beat 53%