Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Naomi Handley lost 2:43 to the field.
The clock says 2:39 faster, but the races themselves got 5:22 quicker for everyone.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:13 better than the field.
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 Pro · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:16 PB97/887Beat 89%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Women1:27:34 PB176/280Beat 37%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 3:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 better than the field: 8:35 faster on the clock, against 5:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:22 faster This athlete8:35 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:18:2350/351Beat 86%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 1:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 better than the field: 5:26 faster on the clock, against 3:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete5:26 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:13:21 PB78/220Beat 65%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:36:0951/83Beat 39%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:42 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:19 slower for everyone: 0:42 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 slower This athlete1:37 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:34:32222/315Beat 30%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 6:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:19 faster for everyone: 6:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete4:19 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Women1:30:1371/138Beat 49%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:23:49124/400Beat 69%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Women1:38:2862/83Beat 25%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Women1:35:1045/78Beat 42%