Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Vienna 2026, Tim Styles pulled 2:19 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:34 quicker, so 4:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Dublin 2025 → Vienna 2026: 4:56 in 86 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:40:06 PB631/693Beat 9%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:09 faster for everyone, so 4:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 faster This athlete6:33 faster -
Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:11787/1119Beat 30%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:46:39508/533Beat 5%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:06421/595Beat 29%
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Vienna6 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:27 PB898/1311Beat 32%
↑ 86 days after Dublin 2025 4:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:15 slower for everyone: 4:56 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 slower This athlete4:41 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:08386/468Beat 18%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 2:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete0:12 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:20403/523Beat 23%