Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Beth Palmer lost 0:48 to the field.
The clock says 4:53 faster, but the races themselves got 5:41 quicker for everyone.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:43 PB207/887Beat 77%
↑ 338 days after Madrid 2025 0:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:41 faster This athlete4:53 faster -
New York28 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:22:26 PB195/1048Beat 81%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:03271/848Beat 68%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with George Palmer 0:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:36 faster for everyone: 0:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This pair0:14 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:34381/824Beat 54%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025, with Greg Hill 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This pair1:25 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:49 PB513/1474Beat 65%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:27:36214/640Beat 67%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:59405/841Beat 52%