Progress against the field
Lee Clayton has gained 2:12 on the field from Birmingham 2022 to Manchester 2026.
The clock says 11:37 faster, but the races themselves got 9:25 quicker for everyone.
732 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:14 better than 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
13 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:29 PB9/560Beat 98%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men59:379/544Beat 98%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:5611/673Beat 98%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men58:38 PB5/1363Beat 100%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men55:10 PB13/794Beat 98%
↑ 263 days after London 2025, with Josh Jones 1:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:38 better than the field: 2:01 faster on the clock, against 0:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This pair2:01 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:197/529Beat 99%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 1:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:13 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men59:0624/2779Beat 99%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:2019/1821Beat 99%
↑ 732 days after Birmingham 2023 8:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:14 better than the field: 14:38 faster on the clock, against 6:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete14:38 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men57:1129/1010Beat 97%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men58:4428/616Beat 96%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:00:3746/875Beat 95%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:14:58182/1182Beat 85%
↑ 371 days after Birmingham 2022 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:06 faster for everyone: 3:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete2:02 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:12:56124/960Beat 87%