Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Manchester 2026, Sam Thomason lost 3:54 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:28 quicker, so 1:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Manchester 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:59 behind 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 16 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:04 PB67/476Beat 86%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:5932/434Beat 93%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:2570/193Beat 64%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025 2:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:59 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:0030/102Beat 71%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:5047/143Beat 67%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men54:04 PB29/655Beat 96%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:2849/196Beat 75%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 1:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 0:44 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This athlete2:11 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:09:17 PB33/182Beat 82%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:10:2733/147Beat 78%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 0:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 0:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete2:32 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:12:5954/208Beat 74%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:00:0110/122Beat 92%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:10:2820/89Beat 78%
↑ 14 days after Manchester 2023 0:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:06 faster for everyone, so 0:15 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Pro · Men1:15:1921/97Beat 78%
↑ 105 days after Birmingham 2022 3:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:07 faster for everyone, so 3:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete3:56 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Doubles Open · Men1:04:5560/343Beat 83%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Pro · Men1:19:1552/137Beat 62%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men59:56127/387Beat 67%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:09:22238/830Beat 71%