Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Gdansk 2026, Paddy Bailey pulled 3:35 ahead of the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 3:35 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men53:19 PB22/476Beat 95%
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed56:37 PB11/852Beat 99%
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Gdansk10 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:56 PB26/1349Beat 98%
↑ 164 days after Cardiff 2026 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 better than the field: 3:35 faster on the clock, against no different for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →no different This athlete3:35 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men52:203/53Beat 94%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:3156/913Beat 94%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:4825/202Beat 88%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men57:18 PB11/888Beat 99%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025, with Joe Leeks 3:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:16 slower for everyone: 3:02 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 slower This pair1:46 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:0463/1177Beat 95%