Progress against the field
Grant Ballard has gained 3:53 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 2:11 quicker, so 6:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:05 better than 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
12 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:49 PB39/476Beat 92%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:2724/292Beat 92%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:3364/533Beat 88%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:35 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:13 slower for everyone, so this was 0:35 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 slower This athlete0:38 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:31 PB181/842Beat 79%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:2343/484Beat 91%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:55 PB77/445Beat 83%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 better than the field: 1:36 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete1:36 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:31100/467Beat 79%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 3:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 better than the field: 5:06 faster on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete5:06 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:41 PB85/1177Beat 93%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:02:5132/102Beat 69%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:3730/112Beat 73%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:41 PB93/1917Beat 95%
↑ 175 days after Manchester 2024 11:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:21 better than the field: 14:50 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete14:50 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:31567/1206Beat 53%