Progress against the field
Martin thomas has dropped 8:17 behind the field from Cardiff 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:51 quicker, so 3:26 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:19 PB92/293Beat 69%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:53225/605Beat 63%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Jason Tillings 4:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:16 better than the field: 8:04 faster on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair8:04 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:40 PB55/600Beat 91%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Joe Atkins 0:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair0:03 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:32267/466Beat 43%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 8:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:17 behind the field: 3:26 slower on the clock, against 4:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete3:26 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:57252/404Beat 38%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:43205/2102Beat 90%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:06 PB318/639Beat 50%