Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Simon Martin got 3:56 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:06 faster, but the races themselves got 7:10 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 2:58 in 43 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.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:21 PB161/1159Beat 86%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:23 PB450/1442Beat 69%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 0:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 0:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:13 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:36220/549Beat 60%
↑ 64 days after Glasgow 2026 1:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 behind the field: 0:14 slower on the clock, against 1:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:22562/1452Beat 61%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 0:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:18670/1463Beat 54%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:11 faster: 2:18 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:11 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:02 PB516/2102Beat 76%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:291374/2779Beat 51%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 2:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:00 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:291082/1821Beat 41%
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Riga31 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:39108/252Beat 57%