Progress against the field
Dave Carless has dropped 9:18 behind the field from Glasgow 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 14:14 quicker, so 4:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:04 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:37356/1442Beat 75%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 7:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:04 behind the field: 3:20 slower on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete3:20 slower -
Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:0357/267Beat 79%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:06 PB33/398Beat 92%
↑ 263 days after London 2025, with Lee Greenidge 2:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:23 faster for everyone, so 2:48 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:23 faster This pair3:11 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:17252/1463Beat 83%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 2:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:58 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:19 PB198/1600Beat 88%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, so 2:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete5:21 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:40424/1401Beat 70%
↑ 77 days after Copenhagen 2025 2:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:34 slower for everyone: 2:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete4:00 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:17263/1010Beat 74%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:40233/1323Beat 82%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2024 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:04 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete6:12 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:03:5872/148Beat 51%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:52507/1916Beat 74%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete1:41 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:33548/1784Beat 69%