Progress against the field
Thomas Buckland has dropped 6:11 behind the field from Manchester 2024 to Glasgow 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:25 quicker, so 3:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Manchester 2024 → Copenhagen 2025: 5:48 on the field in 125 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
16 races · 13 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:1864/267Beat 76%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:55285/613Beat 54%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 behind the field: 0:48 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:48 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:07251/551Beat 54%
↑ 96 days after Valencia 2025 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 better than the field: 2:16 faster on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete2:16 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men57:24 PB5/382Beat 99%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:45245/1815Beat 87%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Relay · Men56:474/13Beat 69%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:23232/455Beat 49%
↑ 140 days after Cardiff 2025 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:50 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete0:24 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:47380/639Beat 41%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 7:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 7:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete8:03 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:22127/496Beat 74%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:44715/1917Beat 63%
↑ 50 days after Copenhagen 2025 1:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:34 behind the field: 0:56 slower on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete0:56 slower -
London3 May 2025Relay · Men57:3113/67Beat 81%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:4021/497Beat 96%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:48 PB442/1323Beat 67%
↑ 125 days after Manchester 2024 5:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:48 better than the field: 10:21 faster on the clock, against 4:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete10:21 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Relay · Men57:509/34Beat 74%
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Stockholm7 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:00:5626/240Beat 89%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:09809/1206Beat 33%