Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 5:11 on Steve Copsey.
Over the same races everyone got 4:00 quicker, so 1:11 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
5 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:4183/466Beat 82%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 5:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:11 behind the field: 1:11 slower on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete1:11 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Mixed1:01:008/55Beat 86%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:30 PB283/1821Beat 85%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:15 PB35/267Beat 87%
↑ 217 days after Birmingham 2024, with Annie Salter 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 4:18 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This pair4:18 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:33208/894Beat 77%