Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Joe Walker lost 1:12:59 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:15 quicker, so 1:07:44 slower on the clock looks better 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
15 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:31 PB24/476Beat 95%
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Shanghai16 May 2026Relay · Men1:24:1292/162Beat 43%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:3528/454Beat 94%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed59:38 PB18/848Beat 98%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men51:421/522Beat 100%
↑ 404 days after Malaga 2025, with Liam Shallicker 1:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 faster for everyone: 1:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This pair0:21 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:06:42879/913Beat 4%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 1:10:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10:02 behind the field: 1:07:14 slower on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete1:07:14 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men59:284/613Beat 99%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 2:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 behind the field: 0:30 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete0:30 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:2422/53Beat 59%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men58:58 PB12/1821Beat 99%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men53:1710/1325Beat 99%
↑ 65 days after Glasgow 2025, with Cole Lyall 2:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 behind the field: 0:10 slower on the clock, against 2:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:41 faster This pair0:10 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:00:47 PB27/351Beat 92%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men51:21 PB3/704Beat 100%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men53:079/947Beat 99%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:1443/102Beat 58%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:03:59122/522Beat 77%