Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Nathan Kirby got 1:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 3:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:22 PB558/1035Beat 46%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:28 PB656/1442Beat 55%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 1:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:00 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:47 PB306/361Beat 15%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:28269/456Beat 41%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:34249/404Beat 38%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Eddie Vincent 0:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 0:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair2:00 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:341250/1815Beat 31%