Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Berlin 2026, Kate Dobson got 3:40 faster than the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 3:24 faster on the clock is the real picture.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Malaga 2026: 6:31 on the field in 176 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:13354/640Beat 45%
↑ 36 days after Malaga 2026 2:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:57 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:06 slower for everyone: 2:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 slower This athlete5:57 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:16 PB146/271Beat 46%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025 6:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:31 better than the field: 9:21 faster on the clock, against 2:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete9:21 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:16:21 PB188/867Beat 78%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:18:01547/1887Beat 71%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:38:37458/748Beat 39%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:20:05219/529Beat 59%
↑ 27 days after London 2025, with Isobel Kent 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 better than the field: 4:11 faster on the clock, against 1:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 faster This pair4:11 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Women1:24:16571/1118Beat 49%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Open · Women1:30:00488/1103Beat 56%