Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Valencia 2026, Joshua Witter pulled 4:52 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:54 quicker, so 6:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 5:36 on the field in 146 days.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:23121/898Beat 87%
↑ 171 days after Cardiff 2026 0:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 behind the field: 0:35 slower on the clock, against 0:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete0:35 slower -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:03 PB278/564Beat 51%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:48 PB45/365Beat 88%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 5:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 5:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete7:21 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:09868/2779Beat 69%