Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2025 to Barcelona 2026, James Francis got 0:27 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:23 quicker, so 8:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Warsaw 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 3:55 on the field in 48 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 · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:59 PB150/1159Beat 87%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:10 PB171/693Beat 75%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete0:30 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:34 PB34/361Beat 91%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men59:17 PB8/1158Beat 99%
↑ 161 days after London Excel 2025 2:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 better than the field: 5:02 faster on the clock, against 2:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete5:02 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:40104/533Beat 81%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:508/50Beat 84%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men54:4814/120Beat 88%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:19124/2779Beat 96%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:27 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men56:39 PB34/1099Beat 97%
↑ 222 days after Copenhagen 2025, with Alex Breakell 5:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 better than the field: 6:17 faster on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This pair6:17 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4684/1600Beat 95%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 1:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:0879/1367Beat 94%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 0:46 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1685/1401Beat 94%
↑ 48 days after Warsaw 2025 3:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:36 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:19 faster: 3:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 slower This athlete1:19 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:3562/715Beat 91%
↑ 29 days after Copenhagen 2025 2:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete0:32 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:56133/736Beat 82%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:07132/1323Beat 90%