Progress against the field
Philip Astles has gained 4:59 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:37 quicker, so 7:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:45 better than 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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:15 PB649/1442Beat 55%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 5:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 better than the field: 9:29 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete9:29 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:49:09 PB253/271Beat 7%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:11:11 PB181/279Beat 35%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:34 PB662/813Beat 19%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:441023/1463Beat 30%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:53 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:511972/2779Beat 29%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:401012/2078Beat 51%
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Dallas21 Nov 2025Relay · Men1:04:3720/71Beat 72%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:341319/1821Beat 28%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:531196/1462Beat 18%