Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Barcelona 2026, Alex Rowlands lost 3:20 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:59 quicker, so 0:39 faster 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
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:48 PB189/693Beat 73%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025 1:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 faster This athlete0:06 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:22 PB22/643Beat 97%
↑ 64 days after Glasgow 2026 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:34 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete0:22 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:4458/1452Beat 96%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:08 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:08 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:17 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:0173/1463Beat 95%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men55:05 PB16/2102Beat 99%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025, with Tom Stirrup 1:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 1:37 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This pair4:13 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:5436/115Beat 69%
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Riga31 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:15:5038/94Beat 60%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men59:1895/947Beat 90%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:0995/1066Beat 91%
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Gdansk26 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:0517/133Beat 87%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Relay · Men1:05:5217/33Beat 49%