Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Liam Hughes pulled 1:23 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:30 quicker, so 7:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:09 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:12 PB119/646Beat 82%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 1:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:07:37 PB163/302Beat 46%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:4685/466Beat 82%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 0:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:55 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:23 PB88/140Beat 37%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:43 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete1:42 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:29:20338/398Beat 15%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:0576/121Beat 37%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:41684/2779Beat 75%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 better than the field: 6:24 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:24 faster -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:56278/1003Beat 72%
↑ 188 days after Berlin 2025, with Jake McAdam 0:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 better than the field: 1:16 faster on the clock, against 0:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This pair1:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:05584/1600Beat 64%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:25 PB153/563Beat 73%
↑ 182 days after London 2024, with Scott Carney 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 better than the field: 2:40 faster on the clock, against 1:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This pair2:40 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:12608/1325Beat 54%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:05210/984Beat 79%