Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Jonathan Lyth pulled 4:25 ahead of the field.
The clock says 9:48 faster, but the races themselves got 5:23 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 4:30 on the field in 98 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.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:14 PB57/476Beat 88%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:15 PB41/677Beat 94%
↑ 38 days after Rome 2026 0:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:12 faster for everyone, so 0:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete4:01 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:1647/535Beat 91%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 0:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 behind the field: 2:12 slower on the clock, against 1:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete2:12 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:0438/528Beat 93%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 4:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete7:59 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:03356/1463Beat 76%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:07 PB42/888Beat 95%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:20 PB255/733Beat 65%