Progress against the field
Iain Tomlins has dropped 16:06 behind the field from Glasgow 2023 to Riga 2026.
The clock says 4:47 slower, but the races themselves got 11:19 quicker for everyone.
312 days between Frankfurt 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:58 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
14 races · 13 events
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:12183/882Beat 79%
↑ 220 days after Birmingham 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:13 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:48 PB93/391Beat 76%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Dale Alsop 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 better than the field: 1:02 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This pair1:02 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:11 PB72/202Beat 64%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:25146/523Beat 72%
↑ 312 days after Frankfurt 2024 1:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 1:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete0:38 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:4742/190Beat 78%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:50424/1105Beat 62%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:03438/1480Beat 70%
↑ 15 days after London 2024 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:42 faster on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete3:42 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:45592/1637Beat 64%
↑ 251 days after Copenhagen 2024 1:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:12 behind the field: 3:21 slower on the clock, against 2:09 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 slower This athlete3:21 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:24266/686Beat 61%
↑ 147 days after Dublin 2023 2:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 10:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:48 faster This athlete8:42 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:29:12 PB141/194Beat 27%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:06245/777Beat 69%
↑ 259 days after Glasgow 2023 10:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:52 behind the field: 14:41 slower on the clock, against 3:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 slower This athlete14:41 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:11:25 PB142/974Beat 85%
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Frankfurt10 Dec 2022Individual Open · Men1:15:0691/350Beat 74%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:55317/960Beat 67%