Progress against the field
Claire Jones has gained 27:30 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:37 quicker, so 29:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:32 PB205/887Beat 77%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 27:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
27:30 better than the field: 29:07 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete29:07 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:38:48455/602Beat 24%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:51:391125/1379Beat 18%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:04 PB104/789Beat 87%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025, with Shane Cairns 5:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:25 faster: 5:26 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 slower This pair4:25 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:19:21 PB311/1111Beat 72%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:29100/312Beat 68%