Progress against the field
James Gilder has gained 5:16 on the field from London 2023 to London Excel 2025.
The clock says 12:02 faster, but the races themselves got 6:46 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 579 days between Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 12:08 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
5 races · 4 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:54 PB134/1474Beat 91%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:23 PB1142/2771Beat 59%
↑ 579 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 12:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:08 better than the field: 15:20 faster on the clock, against 3:12 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete15:20 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:15:44 PB307/444Beat 31%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:431414/1860Beat 24%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 6:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:34 faster for everyone: 6:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete3:18 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:251256/1865Beat 33%