Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Mark Almond lost 4:52 to the field.
The clock says 0:42 faster, but the races themselves got 5:34 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 236 days between Cardiff 2025 and Manchester 2026, still ended 1:46 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.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:06 PB437/1159Beat 62%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:371116/1442Beat 23%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026 15:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:10 faster for everyone: 15:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete13:03 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:34 PB418/686Beat 39%
↑ 121 days after Manchester 2026 11:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:55 better than the field: 12:10 faster on the clock, against 0:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete12:10 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:44430/551Beat 22%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 1:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 better than the field: 4:25 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:091271/1401Beat 9%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 3:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:50 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:191366/1588Beat 14%