Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Samantha Barker pulled 5:29 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:05 quicker, so 8:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 4:27 on the field in 48 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:25 PB126/549Beat 77%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:19:10 PB49/389Beat 87%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 1:02 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete4:33 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:23:43222/825Beat 73%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 4:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:26 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:01 faster: 4:27 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This athlete4:01 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:27:44693/1542Beat 55%