Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Manchester 2026, Al Whitehead pulled 2:37 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 2:13 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:55109/533Beat 80%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:39 PB30/348Beat 91%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:4943/130Beat 67%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:45 slower on the clock, against 2:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete2:45 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:0493/462Beat 80%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete2:55 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:5949/196Beat 75%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 1:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:34 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:07 faster: 1:41 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete0:07 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:09:0646/156Beat 71%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 better than the field: 1:56 faster on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:0228/112Beat 75%
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Marseille7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:04:09 PB49/1477Beat 97%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:12104/1206Beat 91%