Progress against the field
Martin Jones has gained 9:23 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 14:11 faster, but the races themselves got 4:48 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Geneva 2026: 11:00 in 163 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:331068/1442Beat 26%
↑ 22 days after Geneva 2026 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete1:55 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:47364/586Beat 38%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:281146/1414Beat 19%
↑ 163 days after Cardiff 2026 11:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:00 better than the field: 11:42 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete11:42 faster -
Lyon20 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:34 PB193/652Beat 70%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:23547/718Beat 24%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:10479/528Beat 9%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:442577/2771Beat 7%
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Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:22 PB663/1463Beat 55%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:02:19895/935Beat 4%