Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 10:26 on John Cowan.
The clock says 8:26 slower, but the races themselves got 2:00 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 219 days between Mechelen 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 10:27 on the field.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:221099/1442Beat 24%
↑ 219 days after Mechelen 2026 10:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:27 behind the field: 11:47 slower on the clock, against 1:20 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 slower This athlete11:47 slower -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:58610/960Beat 37%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:35 PB410/561Beat 27%
↑ 112 days after London Excel 2025 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:21 faster on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete3:21 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:01 PB463/824Beat 44%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:562031/2779Beat 27%