Progress against the field
Ben Strong has dropped 12:20 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 3:44 faster, but the races themselves got 16:04 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 198 days between Glasgow 2025 and Oslo 2025, still ended 6:40 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
15 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:02 PB28/476Beat 94%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:0922/292Beat 93%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:4415/913Beat 98%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 4:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 4:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete2:34 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:52 PB50/460Beat 89%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:3553/202Beat 74%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men59:10 PB25/2779Beat 99%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025 0:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:44 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:2221/167Beat 87%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · MenDNF—
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men55:21 PB5/189Beat 97%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:185/319Beat 98%
↑ 198 days after Glasgow 2025 6:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:40 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 3:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:17 faster This athlete9:57 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:15245/1445Beat 83%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 9:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:46 behind the field: 6:32 slower on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete6:32 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:4349/1191Beat 96%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 0:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 0:55 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete0:47 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:04:3067/1206Beat 94%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 3:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 3:16 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:2856/1916Beat 97%