Progress against the field
Ashley Parkes has dropped 4:50 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:47 quicker, so 11:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:19 better than 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 · Men1:35:00989/1442Beat 31%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 16:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 16:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete15:07 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:53 PB217/528Beat 59%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 3:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 3:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:25 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:181587/2779Beat 43%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 6:49 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:49 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:07328/523Beat 37%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:01 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:061436/1917Beat 25%
↑ 190 days after Birmingham 2024 3:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:31 faster This athlete1:51 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:571371/1916Beat 28%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 8:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 better than the field: 13:00 faster on the clock, against 4:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete13:00 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:46:57996/1182Beat 16%