Progress against the field
Karl Richens has dropped 1:26 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:39 quicker, so 7:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:25 behind 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 · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:53 PB24/528Beat 96%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 1:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:00 faster for everyone, so 1:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:24 PB69/279Beat 75%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:51 PB119/2102Beat 94%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:52186/1600Beat 88%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 3:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:55124/875Beat 86%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:06211/1916Beat 89%