Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Thomas Padden pulled 6:47 ahead of the field.
The clock says 12:08 faster, but the races themselves got 5:21 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 7:17 in 140 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:18 PB557/1442Beat 61%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:54 faster for everyone, so 0:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete2:24 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:14133/361Beat 63%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:42275/595Beat 54%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 7:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:17 better than the field: 9:44 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete9:44 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:25 PB279/794Beat 65%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:261062/1600Beat 34%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:56186/354Beat 48%