Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2024, Hannah Spencer and Kara Lawrenson got 4:55 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:51 quicker, so 7:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2023 → London 2023: 4:34 on the field in 36 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 · Women, with Kara Lawrenson, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:42:48292/301Beat 3%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:24:2360/193Beat 69%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Women1:44:38132/141Beat 6%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:51:05593/748Beat 21%
↑ 599 days after Glasgow 2024 29:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
25:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:28 faster for everyone: 29:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete25:51 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Women1:23:37413/857Beat 52%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Women1:02:357/145Beat 95%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Women1:18:29 PB19/36Beat 47%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Women1:14:32 PB131/973Beat 87%
↑ 334 days after London 2023, with Kara Lawrenson 0:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 better than the field: 0:25 faster on the clock, against 0:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 faster This pair0:25 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:56 PB274/925Beat 70%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Relay · Women1:26:1128/75Beat 63%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:25:14 PB232/816Beat 72%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Women1:14:57198/1096Beat 82%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2023, with Kara Lawrenson 4:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:34 better than the field: 7:21 faster on the clock, against 2:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This pair7:21 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Women1:22:18192/460Beat 58%