Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Rome 2026, Max Ellis pulled 10:31 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:18 slower, so 9:13 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:27 PB578/1159Beat 50%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026, with Abbie Ellis 16:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:01 better than the field: 18:06 faster on the clock, against 2:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This pair18:06 faster -
Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:08 PB396/642Beat 38%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 10:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:13 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:18 slower for everyone: 10:31 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete9:13 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:21373/456Beat 18%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:38:331040/1198Beat 13%