Progress against the field
Alex Ballard has dropped 8:07 behind the field from London 2022 to EMEA London Olympia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:22 quicker, so 8:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 372 days between London 2022 and London 2023, cost 3:13 on 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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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:03316/533Beat 41%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 1:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete1:56 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:37443/958Beat 54%
↑ 298 days after Cardiff 2025 6:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 behind the field: 2:05 slower on the clock, against 4:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 faster This athlete2:05 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:29147/279Beat 47%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Jon Childs 2:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 behind the field: 2:37 slower on the clock, against 0:29 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 slower This pair2:37 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:07 PB283/462Beat 39%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:52 PB40/102Beat 61%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:32 PB61/639Beat 91%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 better than the field: 4:01 faster on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete4:01 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:33360/1588Beat 77%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 5:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:51 faster for everyone: 5:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete1:09 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:24249/1637Beat 85%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 1:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 1:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete1:11 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:35299/1916Beat 84%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 better than the field: 5:36 faster on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete5:36 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:11561/1865Beat 70%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 3:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:54 faster for everyone, so 3:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete0:41 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:19:52232/865Beat 73%