Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Daniel James got 9:57 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:10 quicker, so 13:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → London Olympia 2026: 13:43 on the field in 110 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:28134/1035Beat 87%
↑ 598 days after Glasgow 2025, with Scott Pressdee 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, so 1:03 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair4:08 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:02424/564Beat 25%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:18143/913Beat 84%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 3:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 behind the field: 2:30 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:30 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:48 PB76/897Beat 92%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 13:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 13:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete15:37 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men57:37 PB63/1815Beat 97%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:251465/2771Beat 47%
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Sharjah12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:5163/295Beat 79%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:14 PB779/861Beat 10%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:36268/1105Beat 76%
↑ 123 days after Paris 2024, with Scott Pressdee 4:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, so 4:23 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This pair7:06 faster -
Toulouse8 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:3751/955Beat 95%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:51174/719Beat 76%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:42343/865Beat 60%