Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Nathan Williams got 8:53 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:07 quicker, so 10:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Berlin 2026 → Birmingham 2026: 5:07 on the field in 162 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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:26 PB240/1159Beat 79%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:28 PB44/693Beat 94%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026 5:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:10 faster for everyone, so 5:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete7:17 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:45132/993Beat 87%
↑ 23 days after Cardiff 2026 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:03 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:43 faster: 3:46 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 slower This athlete2:43 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:28144/456Beat 68%
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Toulouse19 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:28212/643Beat 67%
↑ 105 days after London Excel 2025 4:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:57 behind the field: 5:53 slower on the clock, against 0:56 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete5:53 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:4368/202Beat 66%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:351503/2102Beat 29%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:10:4052/126Beat 59%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:35538/2779Beat 81%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025 2:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, so 2:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:27212/269Beat 21%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:59 PB44/236Beat 81%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:09327/1445Beat 77%
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Karlsruhe1 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:36178/603Beat 71%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:1681/616Beat 87%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:00:27 PB68/638Beat 89%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Relay · Men1:08:0315/20Beat 25%