Progress against the field
From Dublin 2024 to Birmingham 2026, duncan watkins has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 7:31 faster, but the races themselves got 7:39 quicker for everyone.
341 days between Dublin 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:10 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:43 PB395/1442Beat 73%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 1:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 better than the field: 3:32 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:32 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:15148/365Beat 60%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 behind the field: 2:18 slower on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:18 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:57938/2779Beat 66%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:58 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:58 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:55705/1821Beat 61%
↑ 341 days after Dublin 2024 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:09 faster for everyone, so 2:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:50 PB536/947Beat 43%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:14606/1221Beat 50%