Progress against the field
Simon Oakden has dropped 12:49 behind the field from Oslo 2025 to Rome 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:40 quicker, so 7:09 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Oslo 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 7:44 in 26 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
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:26 PB819/1159Beat 29%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:36932/1062Beat 12%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 14:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:14 behind the field: 15:32 slower on the clock, against 1:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete15:32 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:04345/528Beat 35%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 better than the field: 2:08 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete2:08 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:12517/716Beat 28%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 6:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:54 faster for everyone: 6:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete4:43 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:29 PB1746/2771Beat 37%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:34 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:28 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:57320/523Beat 39%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 7:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 7:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete8:30 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:39:27263/319Beat 18%
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Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:26497/596Beat 17%