Progress against the field
Carl Cresswell has dropped 20:49 behind the field from Manchester 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 12:32 slower, but the races themselves got 8:17 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 13:39 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:02305/600Beat 49%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with mike taitt 6:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:22 behind the field: 4:46 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair4:46 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:57293/359Beat 18%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 13:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 13:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete12:16 slower -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:53:00255/271Beat 6%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:19:08320/396Beat 19%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:16 PB202/478Beat 58%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:37:11 PB412/445Beat 7%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:39 PB238/279Beat 15%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:411557/2771Beat 44%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 behind the field: 1:51 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete1:51 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:50 PB520/955Beat 46%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 3:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:54 better than the field: 7:05 faster on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete7:05 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:06323/496Beat 35%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:551102/1588Beat 31%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 8:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:14 faster for everyone: 8:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete5:30 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:25687/1191Beat 42%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:20:07136/148Beat 8%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:12:38431/719Beat 40%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:40:08184/208Beat 12%