Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Barcelona 2026, Isaac Backhouse got 25:01 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:29 quicker, so 34:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 271 days between Manchester 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 22:49 ahead of 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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:50 PB161/693Beat 77%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 2:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete4:40 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:41188/1158Beat 84%
↑ 51 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 behind the field: 2:36 slower on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete2:36 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:30158/533Beat 70%
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Bologna4 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:57 PB57/468Beat 88%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:05 PB340/958Beat 65%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, so 1:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:31155/794Beat 81%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:34199/1463Beat 86%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:21 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:21 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:46 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:48340/2779Beat 88%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 7:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 7:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete10:23 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:11658/1821Beat 64%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 22:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:49 better than the field: 26:00 faster on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete26:00 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:19491/1010Beat 51%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:111068/1191Beat 10%