Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 4:47 on Chris Markey.
The clock says 2:09 faster, but the races themselves got 6:56 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 2:38 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:05201/677Beat 70%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:38 behind the field: 0:55 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:55 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:10 PB208/913Beat 77%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 1:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:48 faster for everyone, so 1:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:03262/917Beat 71%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:13152/595Beat 75%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete2:01 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:14497/1463Beat 66%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:29 PB155/777Beat 80%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:04511/1099Beat 54%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025, with Marc Lloyd 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 behind the field: 0:06 slower on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair0:06 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:58477/1105Beat 57%