Progress against the field
Ian Pickup has dropped 9:40 behind the field from Manchester 2023 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 8:52 faster, but the races themselves got 18:32 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 390 days between Manchester 2024 and London Excel 2025, cost 9:51 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:42 PB121/466Beat 74%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 5:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 5:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete6:55 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:36 PB222/279Beat 20%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:371319/2771Beat 52%
↑ 390 days after Manchester 2024 9:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:56 faster for everyone: 9:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete4:55 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:42468/1206Beat 61%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 2:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete2:05 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:47630/1916Beat 67%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 2:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete2:21 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:08392/1182Beat 67%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:56 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:30 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete2:26 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:34234/649Beat 64%