Progress against the field
Ben Whittaker has gained 1:05 on the field from Glasgow 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:14 quicker, so 10:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 5:54 in 15 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men58:26 PB17/312Beat 95%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:1667/677Beat 90%
↑ 38 days after Rome 2026 4:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:12 faster for everyone: 4:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete1:39 slower -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:37 PB18/535Beat 97%
↑ 132 days after Barcelona 2026 0:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:33 faster for everyone, so 0:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 faster This athlete0:45 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:2271/1158Beat 94%
↑ 15 days after Cardiff 2026 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:54 better than the field: 7:54 faster on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete7:54 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:1692/466Beat 80%
↑ 413 days after Glasgow 2025 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men59:1846/781Beat 94%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:35502/1588Beat 68%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:18480/616Beat 22%