Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Cardiff 2026, Alex Stephenson got 2:34 faster than the field.
The clock says 11:30 faster, but the races themselves got 8:56 quicker for everyone.
215 days between London 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:52 better than 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:29202/456Beat 56%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 7:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:12 behind the field: 5:27 slower on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:27 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:02 PB858/2779Beat 69%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 3:52 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete5:34 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:36916/1917Beat 52%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 5:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 5:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete11:23 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:591111/1637Beat 32%