Progress against the field
David Baron has dropped 17:42 behind the field from London 2025 to Manchester 2026.
The clock says 15:22 slower, but the races themselves got 2:20 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Madrid 2025 → London Excel 2025: 15:14 on the field in 7 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
14 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:55 PB282/476Beat 41%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:36414/693Beat 40%
↑ 57 days after Tenerife 2026 6:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 behind the field: 0:06 slower on the clock, against 6:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:23 faster This athlete0:06 slower -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:30 PB122/271Beat 55%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:15374/566Beat 34%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:38 PB186/848Beat 78%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:47447/533Beat 16%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:00143/202Beat 29%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:08800/1463Beat 45%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 15:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:12 behind the field: 16:19 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete16:19 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:10109/551Beat 80%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:49 PB341/2779Beat 88%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 15:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:14 better than the field: 18:50 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete18:50 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:39743/1312Beat 43%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 16:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:54 behind the field: 17:08 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete17:08 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:31 PB209/1099Beat 81%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:31204/1600Beat 87%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:05 faster for everyone: 0:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:45 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:46281/1917Beat 85%