Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Cardiff 2026, James Aldridge pulled 0:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:38 quicker, so 10:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Dublin 2025: 2:52 on the field in 21 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
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:36154/365Beat 58%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 2:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:03 behind the field: 0:18 slower on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:18 PB1144/2779Beat 59%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 better than the field: 2:39 faster on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete2:39 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:57476/955Beat 50%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 better than the field: 5:41 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete5:41 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:381040/1821Beat 43%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 better than the field: 4:52 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete4:52 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:301053/1401Beat 25%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 4:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:59 faster for everyone: 4:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete2:44 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:46823/1191Beat 31%