Progress against the field
Stephen Nolan has gained 17:36 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:06 quicker, so 26:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:23 PB340/693Beat 51%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026 26:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:10 faster for everyone, so 26:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete28:53 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:3579/317Beat 75%
↑ 160 days after Malaga 2026, with Rob Evans 0:10 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:32 slower for everyone, so this was 0:10 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:32 slower This pair1:22 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:161002/1097Beat 9%
↑ 59 days after London Olympia 2026 23:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:01 slower for everyone: 23:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete23:21 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:13 PB128/349Beat 63%
↑ 140 days after Madrid 2025, with Rob Evans 1:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:06 faster for everyone, so 1:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This pair3:32 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:55443/716Beat 38%
↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025 13:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:48 better than the field: 16:10 faster on the clock, against 2:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:22 faster This athlete16:10 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:45432/1029Beat 58%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:05810/898Beat 10%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete5:00 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:54777/955Beat 19%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:051314/1401Beat 6%