Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Richard Riley lost 2:15 to the field.
The clock says 7:25 faster, but the races themselves got 9:40 quicker for everyone.
188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:27 better than 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
11 races · 11 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:29 PB333/897Beat 63%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 better than the field: 2:18 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:18 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:35:18 PB175/193Beat 9%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:471399/2779Beat 50%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 better than the field: 5:29 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete5:29 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:16941/1401Beat 33%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 behind the field: 2:42 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:42 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:34893/1445Beat 38%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 0:54 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 0:54 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:54764/1191Beat 36%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:42:06139/147Beat 5%
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New York1 Jun 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:37564/895Beat 37%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:351545/1860Beat 17%
↑ 567 days after Birmingham 2022 6:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:09 faster for everyone, which leaves this 6:04 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:09 faster This athlete0:05 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:40:40768/960Beat 20%
↑ 259 days after Manchester 2022 15:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:42 faster for everyone, so 15:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:42 faster This athlete19:59 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men2:00:39456/476Beat 4%