Progress against the field
Between London Olympia 2026 and Geneva 2026, Christopher Ruddick pulled 15:57 ahead of the field.
The clock says 17:55 faster, but the races themselves got 1:58 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2026 → Rome 2026: 8:05 on the field in 147 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:55 PB360/549Beat 34%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Terri Dampier 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:37 faster for everyone, so 3:46 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair5:23 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:51:50 PB669/693Beat 4%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:38 PB279/408Beat 32%
↑ 16 days after Rome 2026 1:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 1:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete3:49 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:27440/581Beat 24%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 8:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:47 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:18 slower for everyone: 8:05 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete6:47 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:18319/419Beat 24%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:14438/528Beat 17%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 6:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 6:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete7:19 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:33649/716Beat 9%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:391441/1511Beat 5%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:351267/1401Beat 10%