Progress against the field
Between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Manchester 2026, Ben Smith pulled 8:27 ahead of the field.
The clock says 15:24 faster, but the races themselves got 6:57 quicker for everyone.
312 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Glasgow 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 13:56 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:07245/605Beat 60%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:1958/171Beat 66%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:13 PB249/1463Beat 83%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 10:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:45 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:05 slower for everyone: 10:50 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete9:45 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:58448/955Beat 53%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 11:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, so 11:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete14:44 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:40 PB176/736Beat 76%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:421179/1445Beat 18%
↑ 312 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 13:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:51 faster for everyone: 13:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete9:05 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:371065/1860Beat 43%