Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 0:29 on Chris Tomlinson.
The clock says 4:43 faster, but the races themselves got 5:12 quicker for everyone.
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
8 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:16 PB173/1035Beat 83%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Oliver Pollock 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:48 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair3:57 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:04 PB91/677Beat 87%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:27 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:3150/466Beat 89%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:16 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:1355/404Beat 86%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Oliver Pollock 0:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:02 faster for everyone, so 0:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair0:21 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:47299/1463Beat 80%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:22:22949/1177Beat 19%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:3453/189Beat 72%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:29:45 PB99/102Beat 3%