Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2024 and Glasgow 2026, John Mckay and Chris Irvine pulled 1:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 12:05 faster, but the races themselves got 11:04 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 265 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and Manchester 2025, still ended 8:20 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.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:58178/243Beat 27%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026, with Chris Irvine 4:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 better than the field: 6:11 faster on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This pair6:11 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:30:09345/398Beat 13%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Chris Irvine 14:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:59 behind the field: 14:57 slower on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair14:57 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:12 PB724/1177Beat 39%
↑ 172 days after London 2025, with Chris Irvine 0:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:58 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair1:49 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:01727/1010Beat 28%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025, with Chris Irvine 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:21 faster on the clock, against 1:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This pair1:21 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:22776/1105Beat 30%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025, with Chris Irvine 0:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, so 0:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair2:45 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:07490/616Beat 21%
↑ 265 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, with Chris Irvine 8:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:20 better than the field: 10:19 faster on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This pair10:19 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:31:26944/1033Beat 9%
↑ 63 days after Glasgow 2024, with Chris Irvine 3:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 better than the field: 4:37 faster on the clock, against 0:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This pair4:37 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:36:03751/787Beat 5%