Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 16:29 on Karl Murray.
The clock says 4:22 slower, but the races themselves got 12:07 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 732 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2025, cost 22:58 on 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:09501/646Beat 22%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 10:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 10:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete9:15 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:54 PB311/528Beat 41%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 17:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:27 better than the field: 21:27 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete21:27 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:56 PB162/546Beat 70%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026, with Lynsey Lawrence 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:44 faster for everyone, so 1:33 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:44 faster This pair4:17 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:13373/824Beat 55%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:211624/1821Beat 11%
↑ 732 days after Birmingham 2023 22:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:58 behind the field: 16:34 slower on the clock, against 6:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete16:34 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:47716/1182Beat 39%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:15:13 PB224/358Beat 37%