Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 2:58 on Kevin Sharkey.
The clock says 16:21 faster, but the races themselves got 19:19 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 4:33 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:53 PB169/646Beat 74%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:53 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:53 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:46140/528Beat 74%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete2:49 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:35197/613Beat 68%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 3:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 behind the field: 1:18 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete1:18 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:17525/1821Beat 71%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 2:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:26 faster for everyone, so 2:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:31506/1206Beat 58%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:00778/1916Beat 59%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 4:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 4:33 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete9:14 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:14672/1182Beat 43%