Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Lisboa 2026, Gemma Deacon got 0:40 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:42 quicker, so 2:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Women1:40:39 PB181/245Beat 26%
↑ 148 days after London Excel 2025 0:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 better than the field: 2:22 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete2:22 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:39:09352/399Beat 12%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:43:01970/1379Beat 30%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:19:43 PB268/719Beat 63%
↑ 348 days after London 2024, with Ellen Whiteside 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:06 faster for everyone, so 2:41 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →8:06 faster This pair10:47 faster -
London3 May 2025Relay · Women1:17:0847/141Beat 67%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:30:30753/1150Beat 35%