Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Manchester 2026, Michael Hopkins lost 3:49 to the field.
The clock says 0:37 faster, but the races themselves got 4:26 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 263 days between London 2025 and Manchester 2026, cost 3:34 on the field.
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
9 races · 9 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:31161/618Beat 74%
↑ 204 days after Birmingham 2025 7:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:45 behind the field: 5:15 slower on the clock, against 2:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete5:15 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0517/529Beat 97%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 3:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 behind the field: 3:48 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete3:48 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:16 PB24/137Beat 83%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men59:17 PB9/1917Beat 100%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 0:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men58:25 PB47/1105Beat 96%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024, with Connor Ethell 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:51 faster for everyone, so 0:11 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:51 faster This pair3:02 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:4248/1191Beat 96%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:2765/875Beat 93%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:09:08322/522Beat 38%