Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Sam Pantling lost 4:00 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:06 quicker, so 6:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025, cost 3:55 on the field.
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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men58:37 PB31/605Beat 95%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:06 PB19/528Beat 96%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 0:21 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete1:24 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:30116/2771Beat 96%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 3:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:02 faster for everyone, so 3:55 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete0:07 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3753/1401Beat 96%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 1:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 better than the field: 3:06 faster on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete3:06 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:43130/1191Beat 89%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:12145/1637Beat 91%