Progress against the field
Craig Bailey has dropped 10:36 behind the field from Madrid 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 11:34 quicker, so 0:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
361 days between Madrid 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:24 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:4565/816Beat 92%
↑ 191 days after Dublin 2025, with Chris Whalley 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:16 slower for everyone: 3:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 slower This pair3:24 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:17437/913Beat 52%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 6:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:05 behind the field: 4:20 slower on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete4:20 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:44 PB167/824Beat 80%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:57 PB1109/2779Beat 60%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:55 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:21 PB75/667Beat 89%
↑ 201 days after Barcelona 2025, with Chris Whalley 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:55 faster on the clock, against 2:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:55 faster This pair2:55 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:52738/1821Beat 60%
↑ 361 days after Madrid 2024 3:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:47 faster for everyone, so 3:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:47 faster This athlete3:23 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:1656/497Beat 89%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:15464/1066Beat 57%