Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Richard Malpass lost 3:05 to the field.
The clock says 8:03 faster, but the races themselves got 11:08 quicker for everyone.
217 days between Birmingham 2024 and Cardiff 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:52 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 Open · Men, 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 · Men1:05:0282/1442Beat 94%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 2:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:24 PB14/365Beat 96%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, so 0:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete1:28 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:40157/2102Beat 93%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Callum Hawthorne 3:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 3:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair6:50 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:52195/2779Beat 93%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 4:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:02 faster for everyone: 4:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete0:17 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men57:58 PB14/189Beat 93%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:3569/1401Beat 95%
↑ 217 days after Birmingham 2024 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 better than the field: 7:30 faster on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete7:30 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:32 PB21/841Beat 98%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:30234/984Beat 76%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:44110/719Beat 85%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:05279/1916Beat 85%