Progress against the field
Ben Watkins has gained 6:22 on the field from Paris 1 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:22 quicker, so 11:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Paris 1 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 7:20 on the field in 187 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 · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:47 PB66/693Beat 91%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:37 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:06 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:5358/528Beat 89%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 0:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 better than the field: 4:39 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete4:39 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:09 PB58/398Beat 85%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:17:541321/1815Beat 27%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:32293/1600Beat 82%
↑ 187 days after Paris 1 2025 7:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:59 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:21 slower for everyone: 7:20 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete6:59 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:31649/1422Beat 54%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:00404/953Beat 58%