Progress against the field
From Madrid 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Marcus Bickerdike got 8:07 faster than the field.
The clock says 10:16 faster, but the races themselves got 2:09 quicker for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:50 PB246/533Beat 54%
↑ 153 days after Madrid 2025 8:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 8:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete10:16 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:07 PB9/171Beat 95%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Matthew Manaid 0:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:33 faster for everyone, so 0:54 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This pair4:27 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:34193/794Beat 76%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:06155/196Beat 21%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:34:14207/229Beat 10%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:22 PB956/1206Beat 21%