Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Mark Phillips lost 26:37 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:29 quicker, so 18:08 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 334 days between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, cost 20:49 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:11:42511/528Beat 3%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 20:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:49 behind the field: 15:58 slower on the clock, against 4:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete15:58 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:441343/1401Beat 4%
↑ 217 days after Birmingham 2024 5:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:38 faster for everyone: 5:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete2:10 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:53:34 PB1787/1916Beat 7%