Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Simon Taylor pulled 9:50 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:40 quicker, so 25:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 236 days between Cardiff 2025 and Manchester 2026, still ended 7:04 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
13 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:06480/1442Beat 67%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 7:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 better than the field: 16:15 faster on the clock, against 8:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete16:15 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:37:0666/72Beat 8%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:28 PB188/605Beat 69%
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:21437/673Beat 35%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 4:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock in a race that was 4:22 slower for everyone: 4:44 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete0:22 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:43278/365Beat 24%
↑ 13 days after Warsaw 2026 15:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 slower for everyone: 15:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 slower This athlete16:21 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:22574/1792Beat 68%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:54 behind the field: 2:27 slower on the clock, against 1:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete2:27 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:55 PB576/958Beat 40%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 32:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
35:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 32:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete35:06 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:51:011325/1452Beat 9%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 32:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
32:00 behind the field: 29:35 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete29:35 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:26677/1463Beat 54%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 7:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:04 better than the field: 9:43 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete9:43 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:091020/1401Beat 27%
↑ 182 days after London 2024 8:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:27 better than the field: 12:27 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete12:27 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:361370/1637Beat 16%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:17:21544/719Beat 24%
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Vienna - European Championship9 Feb 2024Doubles Open · Men1:27:26188/236Beat 20%