Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Gdansk 2026, Rowan Lees pulled 4:18 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:16 quicker, so 10:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Manchester 2026: 10:01 in 91 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:04 PB561/693Beat 19%
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:49571/1349Beat 58%
↑ 164 days after Cardiff 2026 6:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:56 behind the field: 6:56 slower on the clock, against no different for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →no different This athlete6:56 slower -
Athens5 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:27 PB79/96Beat 18%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:53 PB179/528Beat 66%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 3:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete6:23 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:16745/1452Beat 49%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:37 PB147/398Beat 63%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:19765/1463Beat 48%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 10:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 10:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete11:04 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:231347/1821Beat 26%