Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Ricky Burns pulled 3:54 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:37 faster, but the races themselves got 1:43 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
32 races · 24 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:16 PB87/1442Beat 94%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 3:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 3:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete5:37 faster -
Gdansk10 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:57 PB28/852Beat 97%
↑ 141 days after Berlin 2026, with Amanda Burns 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:49 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This pair1:49 faster -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:09 PB13/544Beat 98%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:4633/953Beat 97%
↑ 98 days after Istanbul 1 2026, with Amanda Burns 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:34 faster on the clock, against 0:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 faster This pair0:34 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:5363/466Beat 87%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · MixedDNF—
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:54 PB54/206Beat 74%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 11:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:51 better than the field: 14:16 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete14:16 faster -
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:2019/351Beat 95%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:1089/130Beat 32%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:50116/1184Beat 90%
↑ 245 days after Warsaw 2025 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 1:57 slower on the clock, against 1:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 faster This athlete1:57 slower -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:4555/540Beat 90%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:5952/116Beat 55%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:53 PB67/176Beat 62%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:5515/328Beat 95%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:2226/344Beat 92%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:5416/256Beat 94%
↑ 31 days after Glasgow 2025, with Amanda Burns 2:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This pair1:14 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed1:00:161/45Beat 98%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:5370/768Beat 91%
↑ 31 days after Glasgow 2025 4:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 4:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete8:50 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:13155/947Beat 84%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:0845/841Beat 95%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Relay · Men57:2013/42Beat 69%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:43468/1588Beat 71%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:1279/596Beat 87%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:27245/1191Beat 79%
↑ 83 days after Poznan 2024 1:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 behind the field: 2:31 slower on the clock, against 1:20 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 slower This athlete2:31 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:18:5453/114Beat 54%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:2320/275Beat 93%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:5690/776Beat 88%
↑ 8 days after Birmingham 2024 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 better than the field: 5:30 faster on the clock, against 4:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:15 faster This athlete5:30 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:26353/1916Beat 82%
↑ 15 days after Amsterdam 2024 4:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:49 slower for everyone: 4:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 slower This athlete6:12 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:1498/1539Beat 94%
↑ 222 days after Glasgow 2024 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:37 faster for everyone, so 0:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:37 faster This athlete6:55 faster -
New York1 Jun 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:1420/358Beat 94%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:09339/1784Beat 81%
↑ 133 days after Birmingham 2023 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 better than the field: 5:03 faster on the clock, against 4:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete5:03 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:20:12344/1182Beat 71%