Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Cardiff 2026, Darren Ritchie got 0:24 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:29 quicker, so 3:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, cost 2:28 on 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
13 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:35 PB34/476Beat 93%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Adam Jenkins 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair1:53 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men51:231/53Beat 98%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:2826/302Beat 91%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Adam Jenkins 0:30 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:43 slower for everyone: 0:30 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →0:43 slower This pair0:13 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:52 PB16/533Beat 97%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 better than the field: 3:56 faster on the clock, against 2:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:23 faster This athlete3:56 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:1533/484Beat 93%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:4818/121Beat 85%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:16 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:49 slower for everyone, so this was 2:16 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete0:33 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:1567/462Beat 86%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men56:316/83Beat 93%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men54:59 PB22/1099Beat 98%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:1323/141Beat 84%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 behind the field: 0:28 slower on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete0:28 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:04:4512/136Beat 91%
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London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:09:58 PB55/865Beat 94%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:06:32223/522Beat 57%