Progress against the field
Ben Jones has gained 4:43 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 13:09 faster, but the races themselves got 8:26 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 3:06 in 145 days.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:11:35 PB366/476Beat 23%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:44 PB166/1062Beat 84%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 1:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:18 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:37 faster: 1:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete0:37 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:32 PB666/848Beat 22%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:2173/365Beat 80%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 better than the field: 4:07 faster on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete4:07 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:28175/595Beat 71%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 3:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete1:29 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:59394/1463Beat 73%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:23 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:30 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:29674/2779Beat 76%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 better than the field: 5:42 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete5:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:11659/1821Beat 64%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 3:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 better than the field: 5:42 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete5:42 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:53817/1401Beat 42%