Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Darren Hicks lost 2:41 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:41 quicker, so 7:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 347 days between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2025, cost 3:13 on 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:46 PB642/693Beat 7%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 better than the field: 3:11 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:11 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:40:44 PB354/425Beat 17%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:57:57494/528Beat 6%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 6:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 6:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:07:55514/529Beat 3%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 7:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 7:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete6:22 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:01:33496/523Beat 5%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 3:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:26 faster for everyone, so 3:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:01:461173/1206Beat 3%