Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Matt Leadbitter got 1:42 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:57 faster, but the races themselves got 5:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 5:21 in 140 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:55101/528Beat 81%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 3:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 behind the field: 0:51 slower on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete0:51 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:04 PB272/1452Beat 81%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 5:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, so 5:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete7:48 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:52701/1821Beat 62%