Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Ben Wharton lost 1:32 to the field.
The clock says 8:06 faster, but the races themselves got 9:38 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 263 days between London 2025 and Manchester 2026, still ended 4:27 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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:51 PB60/646Beat 91%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:46 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:57 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:4889/913Beat 90%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 3:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete0:13 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:01180/1463Beat 88%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 4:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:13 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 4:27 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete4:13 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:36 PB141/1815Beat 92%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:14447/1917Beat 77%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025 1:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:40 faster for everyone, so 1:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:40 faster This athlete2:43 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:57401/1191Beat 66%
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Miami BeachDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:18:41232/972Beat 76%