Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Birmingham 2026, John Osborne got 10:04 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:54 quicker, so 20:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
400 days between Glasgow 2025 and Malaga 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 18:11 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
7 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:39 PB66/359Beat 82%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 3:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 better than the field: 5:25 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete5:25 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:45 PB42/605Beat 93%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026, with Mark Wadham 6:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:34 faster for everyone, so 6:06 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 faster This pair6:40 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:04105/365Beat 71%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026 2:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 behind the field: 1:22 slower on the clock, against 1:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This athlete1:22 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:25114/349Beat 67%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:42145/561Beat 74%
↑ 400 days after Glasgow 2025 18:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:11 better than the field: 22:10 faster on the clock, against 3:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete22:10 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:521241/1588Beat 22%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 9:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:51 faster for everyone: 9:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete5:15 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:37458/688Beat 33%