Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Mike Doidge got 10:23 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:08 quicker, so 17:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The field was beaten in 4 of 4 comparisons.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:33 PB282/466Beat 40%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 2:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete5:13 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:46407/595Beat 32%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 2:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:50405/551Beat 27%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:32 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:32 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:35 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:152189/2771Beat 21%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 better than the field: 7:49 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:041355/1600Beat 15%