Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Leon Needler lost 1:38 to the field.
The clock says 2:34 faster, but the races themselves got 4:12 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:47126/693Beat 82%
↑ 232 days after Copenhagen 2026 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:13 faster on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:15 PB291/533Beat 45%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:00137/900Beat 85%
↑ 99 days after London Excel 2025 2:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 behind the field: 2:06 slower on the clock, against 0:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 faster This athlete2:06 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:54 PB562/2779Beat 80%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 better than the field: 3:27 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:27 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:21429/1821Beat 76%