Progress against the field
Craig Lewis has gained 21:43 on the field from Birmingham 2023 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 31:41 faster, but the races themselves got 9:58 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 775 days between Birmingham 2023 and London Excel 2025, still ended 4:21 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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:5275/913Beat 92%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 7:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:46 behind the field: 4:17 slower on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete4:17 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:10 PB951/1198Beat 21%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Donna Reid 1:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 better than the field: 3:09 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair3:09 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:48 PB26/202Beat 87%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:35 PB58/1463Beat 96%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 25:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:01 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 25:08 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete24:01 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:361767/2779Beat 36%
↑ 775 days after Birmingham 2023 4:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 better than the field: 11:57 faster on the clock, against 7:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:36 faster This athlete11:57 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men57:23 PB11/530Beat 98%
↑ 198 days after Glasgow 2025, with Darren Roberts 1:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 better than the field: 2:08 faster on the clock, against 1:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:02 faster This pair2:08 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:19746/841Beat 11%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men59:3178/1105Beat 93%
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Hamburg2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men58:4015/700Beat 98%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:5449/332Beat 85%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:33872/1182Beat 26%