Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Robert Calvert got 6:52 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:22 quicker, so 9:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 6:06 in 48 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:30 PB266/466Beat 43%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete4:15 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:45335/529Beat 37%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 6:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:59 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:442206/2779Beat 21%