Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Cardiff 2025, the field gained 4:56 on Alex Richmond.
The clock says 6:30 faster, but the races themselves got 11:26 quicker for everyone.
196 days between Birmingham 2023 and Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:40 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:18 PB652/1177Beat 45%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024, with Chris Smithson-Connelly 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 2:58 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair5:55 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:22900/1401Beat 36%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 4:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 behind the field: 4:06 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete4:06 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:16 PB815/1588Beat 49%
↑ 123 days after Paris 2024 1:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 1:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete1:30 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:46738/1585Beat 53%
↑ 189 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 10:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 10:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete13:30 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:19:13339/441Beat 23%
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Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:161492/1860Beat 20%
↑ 196 days after Birmingham 2023 9:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:40 behind the field: 4:24 slower on the clock, against 5:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:16 faster This athlete4:24 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:33:52750/1182Beat 37%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:30:05204/229Beat 11%