Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Cardiff 2026, Alex Knowles got 12:57 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:35 quicker, so 22:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:23 better than 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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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men2:08:05354/365Beat 3%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 45:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
44:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 faster for everyone: 45:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete44:31 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:34 PB408/897Beat 55%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 53:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
53:21 better than the field: 58:24 faster on the clock, against 5:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:03 faster This athlete58:24 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:21:581576/1600Beat 2%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 5:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 5:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete8:39 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:30:371631/1637Beat 0%