Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and London Excel 2025, David Bales lost 2:27 to the field.
The clock says 9:09 faster, but the races themselves got 11:36 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Dublin 2024 and Dublin 2025, cost 2:37 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
6 races · 6 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:071728/2779Beat 38%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 behind the field: 0:43 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete0:43 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:24 PB561/898Beat 38%
↑ 362 days after Dublin 2024 2:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:37 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:34758/1221Beat 38%
↑ 195 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:47 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:211200/1860Beat 36%
↑ 196 days after Birmingham 2023 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 better than the field: 6:55 faster on the clock, against 5:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete6:55 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:36:16806/1182Beat 32%