Progress against the field
Sam Craig has gained 3:42 on the field from Birmingham 2022 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:34 quicker, so 12:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 1103 days between Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 8:32 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men50:08 PB2/476Beat 100%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men57:2212/79Beat 85%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men54:461/677Beat 100%
↑ 221 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 2:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 2:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:388/292Beat 97%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:4239/198Beat 80%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men53:33 PB7/958Beat 99%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 2:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 2:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete0:26 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:442/66Beat 97%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Men1:00:1217/54Beat 69%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men55:10 PB24/1099Beat 98%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men53:591/1600Beat 100%
↑ 1103 days after Birmingham 2022 8:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:32 better than the field: 13:03 faster on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete13:03 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men59:17 PB2/112Beat 98%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 1:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:11 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:21 faster: 1:32 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 slower This athlete0:21 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men59:386/229Beat 97%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men52:261/122Beat 99%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Relay · Men1:07:205/13Beat 62%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Relay · Men51:142/33Beat 94%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:07:0232/960Beat 97%