Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Paul Oliver got 9:09 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:57 quicker, so 20:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Tenerife 2026 → Birmingham 2026: 22:26 on the field in 57 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.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:07 PB239/1442Beat 83%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 22:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:26 better than the field: 30:53 faster on the clock, against 8:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:27 faster This athlete30:53 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:00518/673Beat 23%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 23:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:49 behind the field: 28:11 slower on the clock, against 4:22 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete28:11 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:49195/913Beat 79%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 16:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 16:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete19:30 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:28:21 PB799/917Beat 13%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:09 PB785/1198Beat 35%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:19414/595Beat 30%
↑ 299 days after Berlin 2025 0:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:31 slower for everyone: 0:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:31 slower This athlete1:45 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:341472/1851Beat 21%
↑ 65 days after Glasgow 2025 5:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:33 faster for everyone, so 5:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 faster This athlete8:10 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:441320/1588Beat 17%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 11:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:33 behind the field: 8:31 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete8:31 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:13907/1206Beat 25%