Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Will Eaton got 3:31 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:45 quicker, so 5:16 faster on the clock looks better 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:31:39553/605Beat 9%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Alex Smith 12:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:42 behind the field: 10:28 slower on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair10:28 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:09 PB420/456Beat 8%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 3:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 better than the field: 5:16 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete5:16 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:252605/2771Beat 6%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:21:11918/1177Beat 22%
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Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:39 PB245/335Beat 27%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Doubles Open · Men1:26:14581/700Beat 17%