Progress against the field
From Riga 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Tom Stirrup got 2:39 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:52 faster, but the races themselves got 4:13 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Riga 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 3:32 in 144 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men59:24 PB16/1442Beat 99%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:59 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete3:06 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:51 PB96/618Beat 85%
↑ 113 days after Manchester 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:45 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This athlete2:45 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:3639/121Beat 68%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men55:05 PB16/2102Beat 99%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025, with Alex Rowlands 1:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 better than the field: 4:13 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This pair4:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:3028/1600Beat 98%
↑ 144 days after Riga 2025 3:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:32 better than the field: 3:46 faster on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete3:46 faster -
Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1628/440Beat 94%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men59:1895/947Beat 90%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:18209/1191Beat 83%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:44271/984Beat 73%
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Gdansk26 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:0517/133Beat 87%