Progress against the field
Benjamin Day has gained 3:40 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Valencia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:08 quicker, so 6:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Glasgow 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 6:43 in 64 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
7 races · 7 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:15:51183/419Beat 56%
↑ 156 days after Barcelona 2026 2:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 behind the field: 1:40 slower on the clock, against 0:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This athlete1:40 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:11 PB249/618Beat 60%
↑ 64 days after Glasgow 2026 6:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:43 better than the field: 7:31 faster on the clock, against 0:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:48 faster This athlete7:31 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:42100/140Beat 29%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 6:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 better than the field: 8:43 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete8:43 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:25108/121Beat 11%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 7:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:02 behind the field: 7:46 slower on the clock, against 0:44 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This athlete7:46 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:22:39105/141Beat 26%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:54 PB428/1367Beat 69%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025 7:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:04 better than the field: 7:33 faster on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete7:33 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:27551/966Beat 43%