Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 5:57 on Tom Jelley.
The clock says 1:52 slower, but the races themselves got 4:05 quicker for everyone.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 4:58 behind 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:13120/646Beat 81%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:15 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:58 PB95/913Beat 90%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 2:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2770/529Beat 87%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:01 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:06 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:07 slower for everyone, so this was 1:01 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:06 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:21397/2771Beat 86%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:12 PB36/189Beat 81%