Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Barcelona 2026, Craig Melling pulled 23:37 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:07 quicker, so 26:44 faster 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:42 PB420/1035Beat 59%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Paul James 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 Pro · Men1:33:46 PB597/693Beat 14%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:47 PB728/1158Beat 37%
↑ 113 days after Manchester 2026 23:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
26:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:07 faster for everyone, so 23:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:07 faster This athlete26:44 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:09216/566Beat 62%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:22372/455Beat 18%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:25:25761/917Beat 17%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:31490/551Beat 11%