Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Martin Begley got 4:10 faster than the field.
The clock says 17:03 faster, but the races themselves got 12:53 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 224 days between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 9:14 ahead of 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:17 PB336/1442Beat 77%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:27 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete7:30 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:4750/163Beat 69%
↑ 177 days after Glasgow 2026 0:10 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:25 slower for everyone: 0:10 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 slower This athlete4:15 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:32179/613Beat 71%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 2:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:27 faster for everyone: 2:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete0:21 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:11518/1821Beat 72%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 9:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 9:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete10:17 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:28965/1588Beat 39%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 1:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete3:52 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:201263/1916Beat 34%