Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Laura Willetts got 1:31 faster than the field.
The clock says 2:27 faster, but the races themselves got 0:56 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:34:56 PB293/545Beat 46%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 1:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 better than the field: 2:27 faster on the clock, against 0:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:37:23265/425Beat 38%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:40:08243/351Beat 31%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:30:40 PB1372/1887Beat 27%
↑ 390 days after Manchester 2024, with Clare Willetts 5:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:22 faster for everyone, so 5:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:22 faster This pair0:56 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:31:36382/486Beat 21%