Progress against the field
Mark Metcalfe has gained 3:47 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:50 quicker, so 11:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:26 PB107/646Beat 83%
↑ 736 days after Birmingham 2024 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 11:37 faster on the clock, against 7:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:50 faster This athlete11:37 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed58:109/73Beat 88%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:20436/533Beat 18%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:08 faster for everyone: 2:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 faster This athlete1:48 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:42 PB354/455Beat 22%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:32 PB118/137Beat 14%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:03841/1916Beat 56%
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Nice12 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:35486/674Beat 28%