Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 5:01 on Chris Bell.
Over the same races everyone got 2:28 quicker, so 2:33 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:01 PB213/605Beat 65%
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Karlsruhe1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:2137/321Beat 89%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:25179/430Beat 58%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:52105/456Beat 77%
↑ 361 days after London 2025 5:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:28 faster for everyone: 5:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete2:33 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:44505/917Beat 45%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:19 PB362/1917Beat 81%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:55340/1638Beat 79%
↑ 112 days after Frankfurt 2024 2:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:59 behind the field: 1:29 slower on the clock, against 1:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:30 faster This athlete1:29 slower -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:26280/1480Beat 81%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:09383/1206Beat 68%