Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 0:40 on matt Tromans.
The clock says 11:02 faster, but the races themselves got 11:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 1:58 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.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:58 PB455/605Beat 25%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:58237/693Beat 66%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 better than the field: 3:41 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:39204/456Beat 55%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 6:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:29 faster for everyone: 6:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:28 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:11539/1463Beat 63%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:33 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:33 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:34 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:37 PB991/2779Beat 64%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 3:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete6:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:53872/1821Beat 52%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 5:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:21 behind the field: 2:45 slower on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete2:45 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:08651/1401Beat 54%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 5:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:59 faster for everyone, so 5:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete7:52 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:00798/1191Beat 33%