Progress against the field
Bob Pope has dropped 7:03 behind the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 5:11 slower, but the races themselves got 1:52 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Mechelen 2026: 9:57 in 112 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:39644/693Beat 7%
↑ 154 days after Riga 2026 15:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:48 behind the field: 15:54 slower on the clock, against 0:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This athlete15:54 slower -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:45657/882Beat 26%
↑ 65 days after Mechelen 2026 1:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 1:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete2:34 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:11 PB595/747Beat 20%
↑ 112 days after London Excel 2025 9:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:57 better than the field: 13:17 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete13:17 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:282545/2771Beat 8%