Progress against the field
Between Barcelona 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Paul James lost 2:41 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:16 quicker, so 1:25 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:42420/1035Beat 59%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Craig Melling 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 better than the field: 3:27 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair3:27 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:01321/693Beat 54%
↑ 170 days after Barcelona 2026 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 faster for everyone: 2:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:25 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:36 PB529/1158Beat 54%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:09216/566Beat 62%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:55750/1792Beat 58%
↑ 119 days after Stockholm 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 7:46 faster on the clock, against 5:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:26 faster This athlete7:46 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:08 PB265/917Beat 71%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:41814/1315Beat 38%
↑ 77 days after Hamburg 2025 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:47 faster on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This athlete3:47 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:28924/1486Beat 38%