Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Malaga 2026, Natalie Williams lost 2:33 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:23 quicker, so 2:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 5:49 in 43 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Women1:11:0422/87Beat 75%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:26:19 PB173/545Beat 68%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:59:40773/861Beat 10%
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Women1:37:46801/949Beat 16%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:41 PB341/848Beat 60%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Ashley Fairhurst 1:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This pair1:10 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:12:54 PB40/430Beat 91%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Cerian Hope 0:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 better than the field: 1:47 faster on the clock, against 1:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 faster This pair1:47 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:34:18242/391Beat 38%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:55 faster for everyone, so 0:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This athlete0:42 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:00128/253Beat 49%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 8:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:09 behind the field: 6:45 slower on the clock, against 1:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete6:45 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:51135/297Beat 55%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:14:41334/1887Beat 82%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:15709/1542Beat 54%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 5:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete8:53 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:37:08517/829Beat 38%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Women1:18:3494/319Beat 71%