Progress against the field
David Burgess has dropped 0:40 behind the field from Manchester 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 7:43 faster, but the races themselves got 8:23 quicker for everyone.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:37 PB17/365Beat 95%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 0:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 0:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete3:51 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:2852/529Beat 90%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:16 faster: 2:23 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:16 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:44415/2779Beat 85%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 5:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:02 faster for everyone: 5:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:40148/1401Beat 89%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 1:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 better than the field: 3:40 faster on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete3:40 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:20273/1191Beat 77%