Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Cardiff 2026, David Gibson pulled 5:05 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:28 quicker, so 18:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2025 → Glasgow 2025: 10:02 in 47 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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:48:26583/600Beat 3%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:24101/466Beat 78%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 7:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 7:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete10:23 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:09:3633/58Beat 43%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:47310/595Beat 48%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 10:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:40 behind the field: 8:15 slower on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete8:15 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:32462/1463Beat 68%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 1:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:16 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:16 PB732/2779Beat 74%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 better than the field: 3:13 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:29542/1821Beat 70%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:29 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete2:29 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:58604/1401Beat 57%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 0:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 0:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete0:17 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:25 PB640/1010Beat 37%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:41659/1588Beat 59%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 10:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:02 better than the field: 13:16 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete13:16 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:57894/1191Beat 25%