Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Hamed Sarafan got 13:20 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:05 quicker, so 20:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London Olympia 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 6:20 in 36 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:42 PB495/646Beat 23%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete2:38 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:20372/456Beat 18%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 6:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:36 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 6:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete7:36 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:56770/897Beat 14%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 6:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:05 better than the field: 10:11 faster on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete10:11 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:57:07493/529Beat 7%