Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Evan Merton got 2:03 faster than the field.
The clock says 10:35 faster, but the races themselves got 8:32 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 1:57 ahead of 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
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:57 PB130/1159Beat 89%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Hannah Owen 1:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:37 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:16 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:26213/677Beat 69%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 4:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:42 behind the field: 2:59 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete2:59 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:1319/246Beat 92%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:27 PB97/528Beat 82%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 better than the field: 6:33 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete6:33 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:37:15 PB177/193Beat 8%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:001030/2771Beat 63%
↑ 370 days after London 2024 1:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 better than the field: 7:01 faster on the clock, against 5:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete7:01 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:56 PB360/616Beat 42%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:01817/1637Beat 50%