Progress against the field
Gavin Donaldson and Harriet donaldson have dropped 1:17 behind the field from Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 4:31 faster, but the races themselves got 5:48 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Madrid 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 6:59 in 104 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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Harriet donaldson, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:16 PB540/693Beat 22%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 13:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:03 better than the field: 15:12 faster on the clock, against 2:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete15:12 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:46589/848Beat 31%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026, with Harriet donaldson 2:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 behind the field: 2:17 slower on the clock, against 0:06 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:06 slower This pair2:17 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:43:28498/533Beat 7%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:29 PB608/887Beat 32%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026, with Harriet donaldson 4:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:13 faster for everyone, so 4:46 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This pair7:59 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:08:3113/25Beat 48%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:38 PB804/958Beat 16%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:28364/500Beat 27%
↑ 104 days after Madrid 2025, with Harriet donaldson 6:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:42 faster for everyone, so 6:59 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:42 faster This pair10:41 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:31202/243Beat 17%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:25:30 PB898/1029Beat 13%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:44:09731/789Beat 7%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025, with Harriet donaldson 10:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:01 slower for everyone: 10:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 slower This pair11:52 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:17716/889Beat 20%