Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Barcelona 2026, Stephen Bamford pulled 6:32 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:54 faster, but the races themselves got 7:22 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 9:04 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:53669/1158Beat 42%
↑ 161 days after London Excel 2025 2:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:18 faster for everyone: 2:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:39 PB1540/2779Beat 45%
↑ 370 days after London 2024 9:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:04 better than the field: 14:08 faster on the clock, against 5:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete14:08 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:471288/1637Beat 21%