Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026, David Forbes pulled 4:36 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:32 quicker, so 9:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Manchester 2026: 4:58 on the field in 91 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:40 PB570/1442Beat 61%
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Rimini28 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:13568/1482Beat 62%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:38262/466Beat 44%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:07 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:45315/529Beat 41%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 4:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:58 better than the field: 6:01 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete6:01 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:46364/523Beat 30%