Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Chris Johnson got 17:55 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:58 quicker, so 27:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
405 days between Birmingham 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 19:18 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
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:22 PB626/1442Beat 57%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 1:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:49303/549Beat 45%
↑ 161 days after London Excel 2025 2:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:18 faster for everyone: 2:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete0:16 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:03252/430Beat 41%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Dan Orritt 6:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:42 behind the field: 4:44 slower on the clock, against 1:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair4:44 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:17 PB154/1198Beat 87%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:331471/2771Beat 47%
↑ 405 days after Birmingham 2024 19:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:18 better than the field: 25:42 faster on the clock, against 6:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete25:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:19505/1177Beat 57%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:18 PB443/1099Beat 60%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Mixed1:03:3517/71Beat 76%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:50:15743/816Beat 9%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Relay · Men1:18:1313/15Beat 13%