Progress against the field
Sean O'Connor and Paul Norris have gained 0:58 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:54 quicker, so 2:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 1:15 ahead of the field.
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 Doubles Open · Men, with Paul Norris, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:35:20556/600Beat 7%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Paul Norris 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, so 1:15 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair2:51 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:38:11464/478Beat 3%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Paul Norris 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:18 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair0:01 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:38:122041/2102Beat 3%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:24:48 PB929/1099Beat 16%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:351559/1638Beat 5%
↑ 162 days after Birmingham 2024 19:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:15 behind the field: 14:05 slower on the clock, against 5:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete14:05 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:17:48127/148Beat 14%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:30 PB1555/1916Beat 19%