Progress against the field
Between Riga 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Sam Morley pulled 21:29 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:05 quicker, so 27:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Riga 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 13:04 in 144 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
16 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:57 PB82/359Beat 77%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 better than the field: 11:02 faster on the clock, against 8:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete11:02 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:38 PB338/1051Beat 68%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026, with Amber Maddocks 3:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:34 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:56 faster: 3:30 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This pair2:56 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:59264/673Beat 61%
↑ 113 days after Barcelona 2026 1:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 behind the field: 9:59 slower on the clock, against 8:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:46 slower This athlete9:59 slower -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:41 PB120/311Beat 61%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025, with Sam Spokes 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:25 faster This pair0:59 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:00116/643Beat 82%
↑ 64 days after Glasgow 2026 0:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:34 faster for everyone, so 0:16 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete1:18 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:34384/848Beat 55%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:18344/1452Beat 76%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 better than the field: 5:27 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete5:27 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:45605/1463Beat 59%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:05 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 1:05 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:02 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:431178/2779Beat 58%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete2:11 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:32333/955Beat 65%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 5:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 5:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete8:41 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:29:261080/1177Beat 8%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:13825/1600Beat 48%
↑ 144 days after Riga 2025 13:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:04 better than the field: 13:18 faster on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete13:18 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:4070/253Beat 72%
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Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:31348/440Beat 21%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:57943/1917Beat 51%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:50 PB710/947Beat 25%