Progress against the field
From Milan 2024 to London Excel 2025, the field gained 1:47 on Alan Metters.
The clock says 9:46 faster, but the races themselves got 11:33 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London 2024 → London 2025: 5:42 on the field in 155 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:19 PB442/1035Beat 57%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:0477/220Beat 65%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:18 PB70/203Beat 66%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:421767/2771Beat 36%
↑ 69 days after Rome 2025 2:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 2:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:19918/1367Beat 33%
↑ 146 days after London 2025 3:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:12 faster for everyone: 3:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This athlete3:01 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:18 PB1168/1917Beat 39%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 5:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 5:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete11:11 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:291245/1637Beat 24%
↑ 41 days after Milan 2024 1:56 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 1:56 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This athlete0:59 faster -
Milan19 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:28951/1370Beat 31%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:22485/547Beat 11%
↑ 139 days after London 2023 6:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:23 faster for everyone: 6:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:23 faster This athlete4:10 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:121464/1865Beat 22%