Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 0:15 on Matt Kirkby.
The clock says 3:51 faster, but the races themselves got 4:06 quicker for everyone.
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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:53390/1159Beat 66%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:44 PB65/605Beat 89%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:32128/816Beat 84%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:37 PB283/642Beat 56%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 0:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:28289/551Beat 48%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:17 PB203/889Beat 77%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:35188/563Beat 67%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025, with Mark Baldwin 1:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:28 faster for everyone, so 1:59 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair3:27 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:02395/1105Beat 64%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:32116/320Beat 64%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:36459/719Beat 36%