Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026, David Ellis got 1:36:14 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:33 quicker, so 1:37:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Riga 2026: 1:29:37 in 31 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
11 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:04:0727/79Beat 66%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:24 PB106/693Beat 85%
↑ 154 days after Riga 2026 6:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:06 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:31 faster: 6:37 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This athlete6:31 faster -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:55217/882Beat 75%
↑ 31 days after Cardiff 2026 1:29:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29:37 better than the field: 1:31:16 faster on the clock, against 1:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete1:31:16 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:57 PB177/522Beat 66%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026, with Zack Webster 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This pair1:07 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:49:11910/913Beat 0%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:28364/1363Beat 73%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:0469/243Beat 72%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men2:57:291731/1739Beat 1%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:39:072775/2779Beat 0%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:27:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27:48 behind the field: 1:23:46 slower on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete1:23:46 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:21408/1401Beat 71%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Relay · Men1:08:0526/42Beat 38%