Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Manchester 2026, Josh Croke got 1:39 faster than the field.
The clock says 4:59 faster, but the races themselves got 3:20 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 3:26 on the field in 48 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.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Relay · Men59:037/35Beat 80%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:03:5416/50Beat 68%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:12 PB94/193Beat 51%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:49 slower for everyone: 3:26 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete0:37 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:14:49227/462Beat 51%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 0:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:40 faster for everyone, so 0:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:40 faster This athlete2:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:19 PB64/176Beat 64%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:05 PB658/956Beat 31%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:27131/229Beat 43%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025 2:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:29 faster for everyone, so 2:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:11100/196Beat 49%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:08:2560/83Beat 28%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:16 PB384/1916Beat 80%
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Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:24142/674Beat 79%