Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Manchester 2026, Steve Cope lost 0:46 to the field.
The clock says 4:15 faster, but the races themselves got 5:01 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Glasgow 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 3:08 in 79 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:29:02 PB550/693Beat 21%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete1:55 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:57434/533Beat 19%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 behind the field: 1:36 slower on the clock, against 1:13 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:13 slower This athlete1:36 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:29:21369/445Beat 17%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:29680/1463Beat 54%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 2:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete3:53 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:36 PB921/2771Beat 67%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:03 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:59 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:35688/1821Beat 62%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:36 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:06695/1401Beat 50%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 better than the field: 3:38 faster on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete3:38 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:44902/1445Beat 38%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:23:55 PB625/719Beat 13%