Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Rome 2026, Henry Flude pulled 9:01 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:01 faster, but the races themselves got 4:00 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 17:13 on the field in 98 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:40 PB416/693Beat 40%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:39113/535Beat 79%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:25 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:18 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete1:25 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:14 PB89/456Beat 81%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 17:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:13 better than the field: 20:42 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete20:42 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:56368/551Beat 33%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025 9:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:12 behind the field: 10:17 slower on the clock, against 1:05 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 slower This athlete10:17 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:39471/898Beat 48%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 9:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:59 better than the field: 12:48 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete12:48 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:271161/1600Beat 27%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 8:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:52 behind the field: 8:47 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete8:47 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:401187/1917Beat 38%