Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, John Williams lost 7:22 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 17:08 quicker, so 9:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London Olympia 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 47:40 in 36 days.
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
17 races · 14 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:54 PB318/1159Beat 73%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:58185/560Beat 67%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:4747/646Beat 93%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:42 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete1:01 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:4874/913Beat 92%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 47:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
47:40 better than the field: 48:56 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete48:56 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:17242/887Beat 73%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:44835/897Beat 7%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 53:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
53:32 behind the field: 51:18 slower on the clock, against 2:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete51:18 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:26 PB30/613Beat 95%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete2:04 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:30130/1463Beat 91%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:54 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:24168/1600Beat 90%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 12:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:24 better than the field: 15:00 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete15:00 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:24801/1401Beat 43%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 19:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 19:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete18:41 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4391/1445Beat 94%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 5:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 better than the field: 10:50 faster on the clock, against 5:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete10:50 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:09454/795Beat 43%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:23 PB160/719Beat 78%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:17:34451/706Beat 36%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:33445/1916Beat 77%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:24:00656/787Beat 17%
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London26 Nov 2023Relay · Men1:27:5832/43Beat 26%