Progress against the field
Michael Thorpe and Sam Helm have gained 0:15 on the field from London 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:29 quicker, so 7:44 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.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:00 PB28/605Beat 95%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Sam Helm 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:00 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair1:00 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:28 PB98/960Beat 90%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:43:381092/1198Beat 9%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:08 PB215/1463Beat 85%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:00172/2102Beat 92%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Sam Helm 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 0:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair2:10 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:39639/1099Beat 42%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:10152/1177Beat 87%
↑ 172 days after London 2025, with Sam Helm 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:58 faster for everyone, so 1:51 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair3:49 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:59287/1010Beat 72%
↑ 155 days after London 2024, with Sam Helm 2:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 2:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This pair0:45 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:44240/984Beat 76%