Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Daniel Carpenter got 4:57 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:40 quicker, so 6:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 9:22 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:17 PB567/848Beat 33%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:45345/533Beat 35%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 4:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 4:25 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete4:40 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:05380/958Beat 60%
↑ 333 days after Barcelona 2025 1:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, so 1:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This athlete5:03 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:05 PB270/462Beat 42%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 9:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, so 9:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete11:17 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:22137/156Beat 12%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:08165/795Beat 79%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025 6:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:49 behind the field: 8:24 slower on the clock, against 1:35 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete8:24 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:44 PB92/1445Beat 94%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:0268/113Beat 40%