Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Patrick Clark and Kirsty Clark pulled 1:55 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:47 quicker, so 3:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Malaga 2026 → Berlin 2026: 3:46 on the field in 36 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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Kirsty Clark, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:16283/560Beat 50%
↑ 162 days after Berlin 2026, with Kirsty Clark 3:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 behind the field: 2:47 slower on the clock, against 1:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This pair2:47 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:56444/646Beat 31%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 10:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:47 behind the field: 10:26 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete10:26 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:29 PB341/960Beat 65%
↑ 36 days after Malaga 2026, with Kirsty Clark 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:15 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:31 faster: 3:46 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 slower This pair1:31 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:00522/842Beat 38%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025, with Kirsty Clark 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:01 faster for everyone, so 1:57 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:01 faster This pair4:58 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:30 PB591/1036Beat 43%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 9:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:46 better than the field: 10:24 faster on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete10:24 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:54417/642Beat 35%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:17 PB207/404Beat 49%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:58596/889Beat 33%