Progress against the field
Ben Ellis has gained 13:29 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 20:39 faster, but the races themselves got 7:10 quicker for everyone.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:46 PB145/1159Beat 88%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men56:5610/605Beat 98%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men56:517/271Beat 97%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Alex Bate 1:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 better than the field: 1:39 faster on the clock, against 0:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair1:39 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:41 PB11/913Beat 99%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024 13:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 7:10 faster for everyone, so 13:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →7:10 faster This athlete20:39 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:16 PB33/134Beat 75%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men56:25 PB19/794Beat 98%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025, with Dave Hamnett 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:54 better than the field: 5:47 faster on the clock, against 0:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This pair5:47 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:3091/1815Beat 95%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:12165/1105Beat 85%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:05372/795Beat 53%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:20738/1916Beat 62%