Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2025, Ryan Coward pulled 6:34 ahead of the field.
The clock says 18:04 faster, but the races themselves got 11:30 quicker for everyone.
517 days between Birmingham 2023 and Malaga 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:45 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:45 PB109/693Beat 84%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete3:37 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:2299/533Beat 81%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:31 PB200/1372Beat 85%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:20 PB72/1821Beat 96%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete1:22 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4274/1401Beat 95%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:28 faster: 1:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete0:28 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:1083/966Beat 91%
↑ 517 days after Birmingham 2023 2:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 8:26 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →8:26 faster This athlete5:41 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:54 PB89/441Beat 80%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:11:5196/1182Beat 92%
↑ 371 days after Birmingham 2022 9:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:06 faster for everyone, so 9:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete10:33 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:22:24354/960Beat 63%