Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Alex Foster got 0:28 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:49 faster, but the races themselves got 11:21 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 519 days between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 2:26 ahead of 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
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:21 PB39/1442Beat 97%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:57 faster for everyone, so 2:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This athlete7:23 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:20138/533Beat 74%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 1:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:23 faster This athlete0:31 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:5175/193Beat 61%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 behind the field: 4:46 slower on the clock, against 2:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete4:46 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:05108/467Beat 77%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 behind the field: 0:37 slower on the clock, against 1:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:37 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:28 PB19/88Beat 78%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 0:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 better than the field: 1:54 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete1:54 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:2239/137Beat 72%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:4450/639Beat 92%
↑ 77 days after Copenhagen 2025 3:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 behind the field: 4:47 slower on the clock, against 1:34 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete4:47 slower -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:5751/1323Beat 96%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:41 faster on the clock, against 2:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:41 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:3824/545Beat 96%
↑ 6 days after Paris 2024 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:30 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete2:04 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:42111/1585Beat 93%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 1:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 better than the field: 4:28 faster on the clock, against 2:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This athlete4:28 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:10133/816Beat 84%