Progress against the field
Between Tenerife 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Robert James pulled 1:40 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:03 faster, but the races themselves got 6:23 quicker for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
19 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:19 PB5/560Beat 99%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:15 PB83/693Beat 88%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 1:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:23 faster for everyone, so 1:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:23 faster This athlete8:03 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:1847/271Beat 83%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:46 PB3/53Beat 94%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:1440/130Beat 69%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:49 slower for everyone: 2:57 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete0:08 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:22128/467Beat 73%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025 3:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 3:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete1:24 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:3322/102Beat 78%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:07 PB35/1821Beat 98%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:5819/101Beat 81%
↑ 133 days after Berlin 2025 2:54 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:44 slower for everyone: 2:54 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:44 slower This athlete1:50 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:0855/196Beat 72%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:2837/229Beat 84%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men56:422/76Beat 97%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:077/62Beat 89%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:5817/841Beat 98%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:46182/1105Beat 84%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Mixed57:037/71Beat 90%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men58:56 PB27/441Beat 94%
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Dubai2 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:4365/270Beat 76%
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Rotterdam20 May 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:4137/575Beat 94%