Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Russell Pountney has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The races themselves barely changed, so 0:09 faster on the clock is the real picture.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:37397/533Beat 26%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:36 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:13 slower for everyone: 0:36 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 slower This athlete0:37 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:00 PB343/445Beat 23%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 0:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:46 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:46371/467Beat 21%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:14 PB188/523Beat 64%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 4:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:48 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:021116/1917Beat 42%