Progress against the field
From Gdansk 2025 to Barcelona 2026, the field gained 6:40 on Neil Emslie.
Over the same races everyone got 4:08 quicker, so 2:32 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Glasgow 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 5:29 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:57149/643Beat 77%
↑ 64 days after Glasgow 2026 5:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:34 faster for everyone, so 5:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete7:03 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:04 PB263/917Beat 71%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:00269/595Beat 55%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 3:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete1:33 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:27215/551Beat 61%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 2:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete3:48 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:39852/2771Beat 69%
↑ 53 days after Gdansk 2025 5:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 behind the field: 4:14 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete4:14 slower -
Gdansk12 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:25 PB90/745Beat 88%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:20290/639Beat 55%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 3:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete3:18 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:02575/1588Beat 64%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 7:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 7:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete11:06 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:08802/1191Beat 33%