Progress against the field
Paul Ryan has gained 1:08 on the field from London 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:47 quicker, so 17:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 349 days between London 2023 and Manchester 2024, still ended 10:59 ahead of 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:23171/677Beat 75%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 behind the field: 1:11 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:11 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:12 PB77/466Beat 84%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 2:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:11 PB155/206Beat 25%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:10313/1463Beat 79%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:20 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:30339/1600Beat 79%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 2:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:53 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:37325/1588Beat 80%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 0:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 0:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete3:56 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:33418/1191Beat 65%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 2:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:29 behind the field: 0:47 slower on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete0:47 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:46404/1206Beat 67%
↑ 349 days after London 2023 10:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:59 better than the field: 15:32 faster on the clock, against 4:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:33 faster This athlete15:32 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:181206/1865Beat 35%