Progress against the field
Richard Balfe has gained 11:21 on the field from Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 13:04 faster 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:20 PB547/646Beat 15%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 11:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:21 better than the field: 13:04 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete13:04 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:55:24444/466Beat 5%