Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 8:54 on Alain Thomas and Paul Wakelin.
Over the same races everyone got 2:43 quicker, so 6:11 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 9:16 on 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:34:44552/600Beat 8%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Paul Wakelin 9:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:16 behind the field: 8:24 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair8:24 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:08 PB262/365Beat 28%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:20 PB1604/1815Beat 12%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Paul Wakelin 0:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 better than the field: 2:13 faster on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair2:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:28:33990/1099Beat 10%