Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Manchester 2026, Sam Herbert lost 0:53 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:57 quicker, so 6:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2024 → Manchester 2024: 2:54 on the field in 15 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:29:09 PB465/476Beat 2%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:13:01 PB170/533Beat 68%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:0754/551Beat 90%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 4:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 behind the field: 5:27 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete5:27 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:40 PB80/2771Beat 97%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:31 faster for everyone, so 0:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:4881/748Beat 89%
↑ 188 days after Manchester 2024 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:15 faster on the clock, against 3:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:19 faster This athlete3:15 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:03150/1206Beat 88%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 better than the field: 7:08 faster on the clock, against 4:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete7:08 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:11381/1916Beat 80%