Progress against the field
From Berlin 2025 to Malaga 2026, the field gained 29:46 on Lauren Davies.
The clock says 24:54 slower, but the races themselves got 4:52 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Berlin 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 2:18 on the field in 159 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:45:40 PB268/364Beat 26%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:49215/329Beat 35%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 30:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
25:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:54 faster for everyone: 30:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:54 faster This athlete25:30 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:10:1930/825Beat 96%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 behind the field: 0:05 slower on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete0:05 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:10:14 PB20/748Beat 97%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2025 2:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:37 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:41 faster: 2:18 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 slower This athlete0:41 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:10:5539/784Beat 95%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:02:30 PB7/796Beat 99%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:11:439/285Beat 97%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 0:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:09 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:14:4353/846Beat 94%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Women1:07:4227/381Beat 93%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022, with Deborah Norbury 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 better than the field: 8:51 faster on the clock, against 4:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:08 faster This pair8:51 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Women1:16:3376/309Beat 75%