Progress against the field
Alex Penrose has dropped 3:37 behind the field from Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 1:44 slower, but the races themselves got 1:53 quicker for everyone.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Women1:25:42159/280Beat 43%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 3:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 behind the field: 1:44 slower on the clock, against 1:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:53 faster This athlete1:44 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Women1:23:58 PB101/231Beat 56%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:18:42 PB108/1084Beat 90%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:05 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete2:00 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:56260/824Beat 68%
↑ 263 days after London 2025, with Ross Penrose 0:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:26 slower for everyone: 0:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This pair1:15 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:20:4245/380Beat 88%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:41 PB303/956Beat 68%