Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 3:33 on Neil Cross.
The clock says 0:59 faster, but the races themselves got 4:32 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 5:13 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:48 PB295/605Beat 51%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:58 PB273/456Beat 40%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 5:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 5:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete8:42 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:40386/551Beat 30%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 8:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 8:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete7:43 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:01 PB245/594Beat 59%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:571060/1821Beat 42%