Progress against the field
Mark Hudson has gained 18:33 on the field from Paris 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 29:29 faster, but the races themselves got 10:56 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Paris 2024 → Manchester 2025: 23:05 in 76 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:36:45561/605Beat 7%
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:32:51967/1072Beat 10%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:59 PB392/456Beat 14%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 7:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 7:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete11:16 faster -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:30:58 PB204/232Beat 12%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:35:32560/593Beat 6%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:39:57379/404Beat 6%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Wes Downes 2:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:25 behind the field: 3:40 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair3:40 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:54:15479/529Beat 10%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 7:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:57 behind the field: 9:04 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete9:04 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:36:172028/2102Beat 4%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:112431/2771Beat 12%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:30 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:411627/1821Beat 11%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 better than the field: 3:40 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete3:40 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:21606/639Beat 5%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 6:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:59 faster for everyone: 6:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete4:55 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:261100/1191Beat 8%
↑ 76 days after Paris 2024 23:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:57 faster for everyone, so 23:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:57 faster This athlete24:02 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:12:281552/1585Beat 2%