Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Barcelona 2026, Stuart Fairclough kept pace with the field.
The clock says 7:06 faster, but the races themselves got 7:01 quicker for everyone.
292 days between Manchester 2025 and Dublin 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:50 better than 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:26335/605Beat 45%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Mark Kearsley 4:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 behind the field: 3:23 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair3:23 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:16173/643Beat 73%
↑ 183 days after Dublin 2025 3:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 behind the field: 1:25 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete1:25 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:03 PB1020/2102Beat 52%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:51 PB263/898Beat 71%
↑ 292 days after Manchester 2025 3:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 3:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete8:31 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:22627/1191Beat 47%