Progress against the field
From London 2022 to Birmingham 2024, James Ball got 3:06 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:47 quicker, so 12:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 → Birmingham 2024: 6:51 on the field in 174 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:41 PB671/736Beat 9%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:41 PB872/1916Beat 55%
↑ 174 days after Sports Direct HYROX London 2024 6:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:44 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:07 slower for everyone: 6:51 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 slower This athlete6:44 faster -
Sports Direct HYROX London4 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:251242/1860Beat 33%
↑ 160 days after London 2023 6:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:34 faster for everyone: 6:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete2:50 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:351026/1865Beat 45%
↑ 288 days after Glasgow 2023 0:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 behind the field: 0:23 slower on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:27:12554/974Beat 43%
↑ 84 days after London 2022 3:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:38 better than the field: 9:22 faster on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete9:22 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:36:34581/865Beat 33%