Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Berlin 2026, Alex Burns pulled 1:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:51 quicker, so 8:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 10:10 in 145 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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:2531/600Beat 95%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025, with Joel Price 1:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:03 slower for everyone: 1:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 slower This pair1:49 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:3599/1097Beat 91%
↑ 59 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 1:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 behind the field: 2:34 slower on the clock, against 0:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:49 slower This athlete2:34 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:01313/958Beat 67%
↑ 62 days after Amsterdam 2026 2:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:31 faster for everyone: 2:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete2:18 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:05 PB80/140Beat 43%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:43 PB60/1620Beat 96%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 better than the field: 2:43 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men57:36 PB20/777Beat 97%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:2671/898Beat 92%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:01 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete1:48 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:14165/1600Beat 90%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 10:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 10:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete12:46 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:00689/1401Beat 51%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 5:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 5:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete6:16 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:44607/1917Beat 68%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 0:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete2:44 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:28597/1588Beat 62%