Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Valencia 2026, Michael Higgins pulled 0:46 ahead of the field.
The clock says 3:17 faster, but the races themselves got 2:31 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 2:58 in 48 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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Valencia17 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:27184/898Beat 80%
↑ 171 days after Cardiff 2026 2:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:09 faster for everyone: 2:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete2:11 slower -
Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:31 PB162/320Beat 49%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:16 PB73/528Beat 86%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:37 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:57111/134Beat 17%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:53113/529Beat 79%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 2:58 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:51 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:44833/2779Beat 70%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:12 PB113/230Beat 51%