Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Tenerife 2026, the field gained 9:11 on Ian Cooper.
Over the same races everyone got 11:33 quicker, so 2:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
11 races · 11 events
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:18224/673Beat 67%
↑ 317 days after Birmingham 2025 1:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:33 slower for everyone: 1:50 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:33 slower This athlete0:17 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:2370/384Beat 82%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Peter Toop 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:27 faster for everyone: 2:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair2:13 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:19 PB49/297Beat 84%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:10 PB455/2102Beat 78%
↑ 642 days after Glasgow 2024, with Peter Toop 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:53 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This pair2:53 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:35595/1600Beat 63%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:31 behind the field: 6:26 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete6:26 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:09 PB503/1917Beat 74%
↑ 169 days after Dublin 2024 3:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:36 faster for everyone, so 3:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:36 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:24314/1221Beat 74%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:17247/816Beat 70%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete4:23 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:03199/787Beat 75%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:40408/1182Beat 66%
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Madrid23 Sep 2023Doubles Open · Men1:07:1583/407Beat 80%