Progress against the field
Between Tenerife 2026 and Birmingham 2026, James Ellis pulled 6:27 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:27 quicker, so 14:54 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
14 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:49 PB17/586Beat 97%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:13 PB335/677Beat 51%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 6:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 better than the field: 14:54 faster on the clock, against 8:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete14:54 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:07481/673Beat 29%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:45:11787/848Beat 7%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:35834/958Beat 13%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 4:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 better than the field: 7:23 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete7:23 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:581139/1463Beat 22%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:00 PB87/667Beat 87%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025, with Thomas Rowley 1:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:55 faster for everyone, so 1:36 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This pair4:31 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:35169/1177Beat 86%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:3412/427Beat 97%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:25548/956Beat 43%
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London3 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:05:1128/137Beat 80%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:31194/781Beat 75%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Relay · Mixed1:11:5020/46Beat 57%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:0559/257Beat 77%