Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and London Excel 2025, Stephen Benson lost 4:50 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 17:05 quicker, so 12:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 727 days between Manchester 2023 and Manchester 2025, cost 10:01 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.
Every race
14 races · 14 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:25 PB179/917Beat 81%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:32 PB1394/2771Beat 50%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 better than the field: 4:14 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:14 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:461051/1821Beat 42%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete1:59 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:27597/1010Beat 41%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:23318/704Beat 55%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:39685/1105Beat 38%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:45822/1191Beat 31%
↑ 727 days after Manchester 2023 10:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 8:49 faster for everyone: 10:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:49 faster This athlete1:12 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:12292/984Beat 70%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:13296/441Beat 33%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:14:12582/1033Beat 44%
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Malaga15 Apr 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:1567/175Beat 62%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:33292/649Beat 55%
↑ 364 days after Manchester 2022 5:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 better than the field: 7:14 faster on the clock, against 2:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This athlete7:14 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:35:47342/476Beat 28%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:15:30 PB203/223Beat 9%