Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Ben Roach lost 7:31 to the field.
The clock says 5:09 slower, but the races themselves got 2:22 quicker for everyone.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:47 PB138/848Beat 84%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:54166/466Beat 64%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 4:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:29 faster for everyone: 4:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:05492/1463Beat 66%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 3:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:20 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:45 PB544/2771Beat 80%