Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2026, Mitchell Hobbs pulled 1:29 ahead of the field.
The clock says 22:48 faster, but the races themselves got 21:19 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Glasgow 2024 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 5:45 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
14 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:38303/1035Beat 71%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:31230/677Beat 66%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 4:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 4:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete2:40 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:51 PB120/528Beat 77%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:57 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:26 PB191/343Beat 44%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:48 PB107/297Beat 64%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:48525/1463Beat 64%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 behind the field: 0:18 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:14 PB322/1815Beat 82%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Matthew Parker 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 better than the field: 3:42 faster on the clock, against 2:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair3:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:30543/1821Beat 70%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 better than the field: 3:51 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:21659/1401Beat 53%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:59 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:18625/1191Beat 48%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 better than the field: 5:44 faster on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete5:44 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:56249/984Beat 75%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:021141/1916Beat 40%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 5:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:45 better than the field: 8:06 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete8:06 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:37:081326/1784Beat 26%
↑ 133 days after Birmingham 2023 2:05 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:16 faster for everyone, so 2:05 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete2:11 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:19868/1182Beat 27%