Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Paul Lane pulled 2:22 ahead of the field.
The clock says 11:47 faster, but the races themselves got 9:25 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 3:22 in 146 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
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:12 PB112/456Beat 75%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 3:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 3:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:07 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:191147/2779Beat 59%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 0:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:58 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:23307/639Beat 52%
↑ 217 days after Birmingham 2024 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:38 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete3:36 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:59989/1916Beat 48%