Progress against the field
From Dublin 2025 to Glasgow 2026, david holden got 2:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:56 quicker, so 4:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Dublin 2025 → London Excel 2025: 2:04 on the field in 22 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 Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:15122/646Beat 81%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:31 PB234/1198Beat 81%
↑ 739 days after Glasgow 2024, with Lindsay Holden 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:05 faster for everyone, so 2:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:05 faster This pair6:24 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:0768/134Beat 49%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 better than the field: 0:30 faster on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete0:30 faster -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:10 PB45/157Beat 71%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:37254/467Beat 46%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:39 faster for everyone, so 2:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete3:43 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:2090/147Beat 39%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:49 PB64/124Beat 48%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:17 PB266/775Beat 66%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:58296/774Beat 62%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:3583/134Beat 38%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:03213/416Beat 49%
↑ 98 days after Paris 2024 10:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:46 behind the field: 7:21 slower on the clock, against 3:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:25 faster This athlete7:21 slower -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:42294/1585Beat 82%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:25:40874/1033Beat 15%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:25 PB169/953Beat 82%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:55289/850Beat 66%