Progress against the field
Stuart Matthews has gained 2:31 on the field from Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:57 quicker, so 10:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 701 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 8:00 ahead of 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 · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:01 PB144/359Beat 60%
↑ 701 days after London 2024 8:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:29 faster for everyone, so 8:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:29 faster This athlete15:29 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:52400/813Beat 51%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Lee Beardsmore 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair1:13 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:39579/1177Beat 51%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:08 PB479/1010Beat 53%
↑ 524 days after London 2023, with Wayne Franklin 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 better than the field: 6:21 faster on the clock, against 4:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This pair6:21 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:01:1150/148Beat 66%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:30513/688Beat 25%
↑ 209 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 5:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:28 faster for everyone: 5:29 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete5:01 slower -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:291153/1860Beat 38%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:16:29644/1003Beat 36%