Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Steve Rotherham pulled 1:18 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:33 quicker, so 3:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 6:51 in 43 days.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:59 PB14/361Beat 96%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:13 PB152/533Beat 72%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:15 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:51 faster: 1:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete0:51 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:04198/462Beat 57%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 6:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:51 better than the field: 8:46 faster on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete8:46 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:5097/137Beat 29%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 6:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 behind the field: 5:46 slower on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete5:46 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:16:0451/112Beat 55%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:56 PB173/1638Beat 89%