Progress against the field
Damien Mead has dropped 12:39 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 7:32 slower, but the races themselves got 5:07 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 347 days between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2025, cost 6:41 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:13393/533Beat 26%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 7:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:12 behind the field: 6:04 slower on the clock, against 1:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 faster This athlete6:04 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:0994/137Beat 31%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 6:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:41 behind the field: 4:50 slower on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete4:50 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:16:19 PB70/147Beat 52%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 better than the field: 3:22 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete3:22 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:19:4157/135Beat 58%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:17:0552/147Beat 65%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:51 PB219/850Beat 74%
↑ 126 days after Dublin 2023, with Samantha Mead 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:32 faster for everyone, so 1:48 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →6:32 faster This pair8:20 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:11114/255Beat 55%
↑ 259 days after Glasgow 2023, with Samantha Mead 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:26 slower on the clock, against 4:26 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:26 slower This pair4:26 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:45131/247Beat 47%