Progress against the field
From Mechelen 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Dave Jones got 3:31 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:20 slower, so 2:11 faster on the clock looks worse 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:22483/605Beat 20%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:19493/600Beat 18%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:02 PB134/677Beat 80%
↑ 219 days after Mechelen 2026 3:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:20 slower for everyone: 3:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 slower This athlete2:11 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:03 PB41/312Beat 87%
↑ 148 days after Berlin 2026, with Olivia Arnold 4:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 4:12 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This pair5:55 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:5895/577Beat 84%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:36:02 PB463/533Beat 13%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:13182/747Beat 76%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:00198/269Beat 26%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:40 PB533/1010Beat 47%