Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Samuel Wilson lost 0:34 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:36 quicker, so 10:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2026 → Birmingham 2026: 13:18 in 185 days.
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
12 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:1366/605Beat 89%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:28 PB16/677Beat 98%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 13:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:18 better than the field: 15:01 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete15:01 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:29245/913Beat 73%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 16:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:00 faster for everyone: 16:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete12:40 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed1:07:0517/71Beat 76%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men58:58 PB123/2102Beat 94%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:4936/1600Beat 98%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:11 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:5394/1191Beat 92%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 2:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete4:37 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:30215/1206Beat 82%
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Katowice24 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:32111/431Beat 74%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:44692/1182Beat 42%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 9:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:42 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:46 slower for everyone: 9:28 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete7:42 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:39:26780/974Beat 20%