Progress against the field
Richard Botting has dropped 6:11 behind the field from Berlin 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 3:55 slower, but the races themselves got 2:16 quicker for everyone.
202 days between Berlin 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:37 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:49339/365Beat 7%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 1:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:34 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete0:11 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:27:581903/2102Beat 10%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Barry Scott 2:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:51 faster for everyone: 2:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair0:10 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:002540/2771Beat 8%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025 4:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 behind the field: 4:06 slower on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete4:06 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:27:48 PB976/1099Beat 11%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:46550/563Beat 2%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025, with Garry Summers 3:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:28 faster for everyone: 3:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair2:07 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:54 PB1734/1851Beat 6%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:32:39890/947Beat 6%
↑ 103 days after London 2024, with Garry Summers 2:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair0:45 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:33:521025/1105Beat 7%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:33:24914/984Beat 7%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:35:23834/875Beat 5%