Progress against the field
Mark Fricker has dropped 7:17 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2025.
The clock says 1:11 slower, but the races themselves got 6:06 quicker for everyone.
370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:35 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
20 races · 18 events
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Lisboa1 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:5544/274Beat 84%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:3152/454Beat 89%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:01184/359Beat 49%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Bridget Hunt 3:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 behind the field: 3:11 slower on the clock, against 0:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This pair3:11 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:18385/958Beat 60%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 2:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:23 faster for everyone: 2:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:5428/500Beat 94%
↑ 411 days after Manchester 2025, with Gillian Blake 3:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:14 faster for everyone: 3:59 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair1:45 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:50245/1372Beat 82%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:29 PB324/2779Beat 88%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:02 faster for everyone, so 2:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete6:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:03111/137Beat 19%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 9:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 9:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete7:40 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:11400/1401Beat 71%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:10 PB42/956Beat 96%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:0962/733Beat 92%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:23 PB83/182Beat 54%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This athlete0:15 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:3884/147Beat 43%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 5:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:08 faster for everyone, so 5:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete7:53 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:27:31145/208Beat 30%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 2:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 faster for everyone: 2:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete1:39 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:25:5268/112Beat 39%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:14228/649Beat 65%
↑ 70 days after London 2022 8:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:23 behind the field: 7:43 slower on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete7:43 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:16:31156/865Beat 82%
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BudapestDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:20:53146/210Beat 31%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:27:11730/830Beat 12%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:25:32385/432Beat 11%