Progress against the field
Ian Paterson has dropped 17:55 behind the field from Birmingham 2021 to Glasgow 2026.
The clock says 12:08 faster, but the races themselves got 30:03 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 334 days between London 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 2:36 ahead of 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.
Every race
15 races · 15 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:47 PB452/797Beat 43%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:22 PB145/414Beat 65%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:34886/1452Beat 39%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 6:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:03 behind the field: 3:38 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete3:38 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:56267/529Beat 50%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 behind the field: 4:08 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:08 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:48 PB1173/2771Beat 58%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:15 better than the field: 3:57 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete3:57 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:451099/1917Beat 43%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 0:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:28965/1445Beat 33%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 7:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:11 behind the field: 4:09 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:09 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:19694/1206Beat 43%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 1:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 1:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete2:37 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:56985/1916Beat 49%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 2:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:53 faster for everyone, so 2:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:29:251128/1865Beat 40%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2023 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:25 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This athlete4:23 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:33:48745/1182Beat 37%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 7:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:30 behind the field: 4:34 slower on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete4:34 slower -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:29:14308/649Beat 53%
↑ 105 days after Birmingham 2022 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:18 faster for everyone: 2:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This athlete2:28 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:26:46491/960Beat 49%
↑ 259 days after Manchester 2022 0:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:32 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:42 faster This athlete4:10 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:30:56290/476Beat 39%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2021 5:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:20 better than the field: 9:46 faster on the clock, against 4:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 faster This athlete9:46 faster -
Birmingham30 Oct 2021Individual Open · Men1:40:42143/178Beat 20%