Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2023 and London Excel 2025, Matt Williams lost 28:58 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:01 quicker, so 14:57 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 364 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and London 2025, cost 9:11 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:43 PB290/414Beat 30%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:21 PB29/384Beat 92%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Scott Robbie 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 better than the field: 1:04 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair1:04 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:25336/1815Beat 82%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:201953/2771Beat 30%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 17:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:12 behind the field: 15:30 slower on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete15:30 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:50657/1917Beat 66%
↑ 364 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 9:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:07 faster for everyone: 9:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:07 faster This athlete5:04 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:46 PB273/1860Beat 85%
↑ 196 days after Birmingham 2023 2:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:16 faster for everyone, so 2:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete2:45 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:31166/1182Beat 86%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:52 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete2:52 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:23114/649Beat 82%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Relay · Mixed1:12:1824/54Beat 56%