Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2024 and London 2024, Merle Adams and Mark Adams lost 1:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:32 quicker, so 3:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Glasgow 2024 → Sports Direct HYROX London 2024: 2:13 on the field in 63 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Mixed, with Mark Adams, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:22:30206/585Beat 65%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Emme Allen 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:34 faster for everyone: 2:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This pair1:22 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:21:08 PB106/277Beat 62%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:32175/795Beat 78%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024, with Mark Adams 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 better than the field: 2:52 faster on the clock, against 1:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 faster This pair2:52 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:24300/894Beat 66%
↑ 174 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, with Mark Adams 5:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:26 faster for everyone: 5:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This pair4:52 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:32 PB183/925Beat 80%
↑ 63 days after Glasgow 2024, with Mark Adams 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 better than the field: 5:19 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This pair5:19 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:51220/850Beat 74%