Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 8:33 on Martin Gosling.
The clock says 0:59 faster, but the races themselves got 9:32 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, cost 1:18 on 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:37374/693Beat 46%
↑ 721 days after Manchester 2024 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:07 behind the field: 1:07 slower on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete1:07 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:34169/913Beat 82%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 better than the field: 3:53 faster on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:27437/1452Beat 70%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 5:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:25 faster for everyone: 5:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete3:27 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:00305/1463Beat 79%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 behind the field: 1:25 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:25 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:35 PB286/1821Beat 84%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 1:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete1:58 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:33280/1637Beat 83%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:16:30 PB73/147Beat 50%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 3:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 better than the field: 5:59 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:22:2969/135Beat 49%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 5:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 behind the field: 4:07 slower on the clock, against 0:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete4:07 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Pro · Men1:18:2241/112Beat 63%