Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Sports Direct HYROX London 2024, Richard McCarthy and Gary Mcnamara lost 4:39 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:50 quicker, so 0:49 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
252 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2023 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:46 behind 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Men, with Gary Mcnamara, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:41 PB537/889Beat 40%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men59:0028/441Beat 94%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Doubles Open · Men59:0924/1033Beat 98%
↑ 160 days after London 2023, with Gary Mcnamara 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:38 faster for everyone, so 0:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This pair1:57 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:01:0697/1003Beat 90%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2023, with Gary Mcnamara 2:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, so 2:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair0:05 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:01:1134/467Beat 93%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023, with Gary Mcnamara 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 behind the field: 2:51 slower on the clock, against 0:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 slower This pair2:51 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:28 PB120/974Beat 88%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 2:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men58:20 PB18/343Beat 95%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:13:28136/960Beat 86%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:02:43112/250Beat 55%