Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Michael Clark pulled 17:07 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 18:16 quicker, so 35:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 190 days between Birmingham 2024 and London 2025, still ended 14:23 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
15 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men59:48 PB5/359Beat 99%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 4:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 8:27 faster for everyone, so 4:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete3:58 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:467/673Beat 99%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 3:27 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 slower on the clock, but the race was 4:22 slower for everyone, so this was 3:27 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete0:55 slower -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:31 PB13/277Beat 95%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:41:23508/522Beat 3%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:5112/456Beat 97%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 1:14:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 1:14:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:16:13 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:19:04706/716Beat 1%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:19:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19:21 behind the field: 1:15:15 slower on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete1:15:15 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:18 PB75/202Beat 63%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:4961/1463Beat 96%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 5:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:12 faster: 5:19 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:12 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:01305/2779Beat 89%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete1:47 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:48128/1312Beat 90%
↑ 181 days after Cardiff 2025 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:49 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Riga31 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:4268/252Beat 73%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:46219/1401Beat 84%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 5:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 5:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete4:31 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:17568/1917Beat 70%
↑ 190 days after Birmingham 2024 14:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:31 faster for everyone, so 14:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:31 faster This athlete19:54 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:14:52561/984Beat 43%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:111401/1916Beat 27%