Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Katowice 2026, Sebastian Hobbs got 5:30 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:24 quicker, so 7:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2025 → Dublin 2025: 6:48 in 166 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:3020/1159Beat 98%
↑ 221 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026, with Sophie Hobbs 0:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:36 slower for everyone: 0:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 slower This pair0:56 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:4066/693Beat 91%
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Berlin22 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:0112/361Beat 97%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:56 PB25/286Beat 91%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:3943/533Beat 92%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed57:34 PB32/359Beat 91%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025, with Sophie Hobbs 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 better than the field: 1:56 faster on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This pair1:56 faster -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:5142/317Beat 87%
↑ 101 days after Dublin 2025 1:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:17 faster for everyone: 1:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete0:01 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men58:2346/279Beat 84%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men49:373/120Beat 98%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men55:31 PB20/312Beat 94%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men57:12 PB10/888Beat 99%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:5017/147Beat 88%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 6:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:48 better than the field: 7:55 faster on the clock, against 1:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 faster This athlete7:55 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Men54:396/54Beat 89%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed59:3019/954Beat 98%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Relay · Men53:502/24Beat 92%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:4567/225Beat 70%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:5221/491Beat 96%