Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Jemma Howells lost 2:41 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:29 quicker, so 1:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 2:50 ahead of the field.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:17 PB98/887Beat 89%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, so 2:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete5:33 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:21:5067/400Beat 83%
↑ 153 days after Madrid 2025 5:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:25 faster for everyone: 5:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:25 faster This athlete0:06 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:13:38 PB112/314Beat 64%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Chloe Parry 1:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:32 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This pair1:45 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:15:2383/237Beat 65%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:27:25 PB76/146Beat 48%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 6:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:19 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:41 faster: 6:00 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 slower This athlete4:41 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:21:44114/697Beat 84%
↑ 15 days after Dublin 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:39 slower on the clock, against 3:39 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 slower This athlete3:39 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Women1:18:0567/423Beat 84%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Women1:32:0695/141Beat 33%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Women1:25:56180/539Beat 67%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 0:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 0:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete3:36 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Women1:17:2456/145Beat 61%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:29:32324/940Beat 66%