Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 8:38 on Sam Elliott.
The clock says 0:12 faster, but the races themselves got 8:50 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 413 days between Glasgow 2025 and Cardiff 2026, still ended 30:18 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
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:09 PB76/913Beat 92%
↑ 413 days after Glasgow 2025 30:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
30:18 better than the field: 33:47 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete33:47 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:28147/396Beat 63%
↑ 132 days after Dublin 2025, with Jake Riley 5:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 behind the field: 3:38 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair3:38 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:51 PB131/1474Beat 91%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:50 PB205/777Beat 74%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:561275/1445Beat 12%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 38:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
38:56 behind the field: 33:35 slower on the clock, against 5:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete33:35 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:21116/1916Beat 94%