Progress against the field
ashley downing has gained 1:44 on the field from Malaga 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:31 quicker, so 5:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
306 days between Malaga 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:39 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:50 PB57/528Beat 89%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 3:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 3:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:4969/500Beat 86%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026, with Emily Lydon 7:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 7:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This pair4:53 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:56 PB78/824Beat 91%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:42143/529Beat 73%
↑ 306 days after Malaga 2025 1:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 behind the field: 1:37 slower on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This athlete1:37 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:05277/966Beat 71%