Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Sarah Michael pulled 0:25 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:23 quicker, so 3:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 188 days between Cardiff 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 1:05 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:23:33 PB55/253Beat 78%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:09 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:24:02523/1542Beat 66%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 better than the field: 3:19 faster on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete3:19 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:08 PB367/954Beat 62%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024, with Christian Regis 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 better than the field: 5:59 faster on the clock, against 3:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This pair5:59 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:27:21165/400Beat 59%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:07218/494Beat 56%