Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Michael Dodd pulled 25:18 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:15 quicker, so 31:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 17:53 on the field in 98 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:41 PB191/359Beat 47%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:07 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:48201/365Beat 45%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 17:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:53 better than the field: 21:22 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete21:22 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:10449/529Beat 15%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 8:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 better than the field: 9:04 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete9:04 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:141484/1600Beat 7%