Progress against the field
Between Paris 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Wes Downes pulled 21:36 ahead of the field.
The clock says 31:37 faster, but the races themselves got 10:01 quicker for everyone.
Ahead of the field in 4 of 5 comparisons.
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
12 races · 10 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 · Men1:52:55 PB427/456Beat 6%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 3:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 better than the field: 6:47 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete6:47 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 Mark Hudson 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 · Men1:59:42501/529Beat 5%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 behind the field: 4:31 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:31 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:36:172028/2102Beat 4%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:112602/2771Beat 6%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 6:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 6:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete9:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:04:271750/1821Beat 4%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2025 8:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:15 slower for everyone and the clock still says 7:00 faster: 8:15 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete7:00 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:11:271158/1182Beat 2%
↑ 152 days after Paris 2024 7:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:52 faster for everyone, so 7:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete13:05 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:24:321572/1585Beat 1%