Progress against the field
Olly Thompson has gained 10:12 on the field from Malaga 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:02 quicker, so 15:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The field was beaten in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:40 PB633/1442Beat 56%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 7:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 7:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete10:52 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:03196/542Beat 64%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:12262/302Beat 13%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Noel OKelly 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:18 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This pair1:26 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:32359/529Beat 32%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 4:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:55 behind the field: 6:00 slower on the clock, against 1:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete6:00 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:15:46 PB251/312Beat 20%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:32590/898Beat 34%
↑ 180 days after Berlin 2025 5:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:57 slower for everyone: 5:35 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 slower This athlete4:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:35 PB384/954Beat 60%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:101499/1851Beat 19%
↑ 56 days after Malaga 2025 2:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, so 2:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete5:44 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:54839/966Beat 13%