Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Glasgow 2026, James Anderson got 1:33 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 1:13 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:30257/605Beat 58%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Rob Dobbs 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair0:30 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:07 PB332/677Beat 51%
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Heerenveen14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:51651/966Beat 33%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:00253/566Beat 55%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:11391/595Beat 34%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 1:33 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete1:13 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:242052/2779Beat 26%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:30:20717/775Beat 8%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:17:51 PB85/102Beat 17%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:22 PB127/638Beat 80%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownRelay · Men1:48:1227/30Beat 10%