Progress against the field
Tom Lackenby has gained 8:37 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:39 quicker, so 17:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:19 better than 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:28 PB132/466Beat 72%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 3:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 better than the field: 7:18 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete7:18 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:46866/1821Beat 52%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 5:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, so 5:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:33:44558/816Beat 32%