Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Alex Darbey lost 10:11 to the field.
The clock says 4:30 slower, but the races themselves got 5:41 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:49 on 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:53172/693Beat 75%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 1:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:06 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:47107/466Beat 77%
↑ 168 days after Dublin 2025 3:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:09 faster for everyone: 3:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete2:14 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:33216/955Beat 77%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 4:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 behind the field: 2:10 slower on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete2:10 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:23 PB72/523Beat 86%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:40 PB178/1105Beat 84%
↑ 501 days after Dublin 2023, with Thomas Mulroney 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 better than the field: 7:02 faster on the clock, against 6:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:42 faster This pair7:02 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:05 PB148/584Beat 75%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:09:42106/350Beat 70%