Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Darren Patterson lost 4:26 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:09 quicker, so 2:17 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
10 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:02222/693Beat 68%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 2:17 slower on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete2:17 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:45 PB87/533Beat 84%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:06:1628/58Beat 52%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:15 PB27/66Beat 59%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:20156/317Beat 51%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:2338/66Beat 42%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:1945/134Beat 66%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 better than the field: 9:19 faster on the clock, against 4:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:32 faster This athlete9:19 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:17:3849/135Beat 64%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:09 PB192/1784Beat 89%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023 3:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:54 faster for everyone, so 3:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:54 faster This athlete11:21 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:30165/777Beat 79%