Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Luke Sparkes got 9:28 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:54 quicker, so 14:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 222 days between Copenhagen 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 4:50 ahead of 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:44:49 PB324/365Beat 11%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 better than the field: 4:38 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete4:38 faster -
Vienna6 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:29:49 PB726/850Beat 15%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:272531/2771Beat 9%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 4:47 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:47 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:141480/1600Beat 8%
↑ 222 days after Copenhagen 2025 4:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:50 better than the field: 4:57 faster on the clock, against 0:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:07 faster This athlete4:57 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:59:111271/1323Beat 4%