Progress against the field
David Arnold has gained 5:29 on the field from Manchester 2026 to Hamburg 2026.
The clock says 12:28 faster, but the races themselves got 6:59 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Riga 2026: 5:31 on the field in 129 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 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:33 PB103/600Beat 83%
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Hamburg28 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:45 PB355/432Beat 18%
↑ 151 days after Riga 2026 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:36 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete3:34 faster -
Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:19781/882Beat 12%
↑ 129 days after Manchester 2026 5:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 better than the field: 8:54 faster on the clock, against 3:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This athlete8:54 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:01:13503/551Beat 9%