Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2026 to Barcelona 2026, the field gained 2:59 on Simon Clarke.
The clock says 0:59 slower, but the races themselves got 2:00 quicker for everyone.
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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:16:0655/79Beat 30%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:19 PB643/1119Beat 43%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:30487/643Beat 24%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 2:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 2:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete0:59 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed59:5013/73Beat 82%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:31330/466Beat 29%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:13991/1363Beat 27%
↑ 155 days after Birmingham 2025 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 better than the field: 4:41 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:541361/1821Beat 25%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:11 PB180/319Beat 44%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:28207/269Beat 23%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:11234/304Beat 23%