Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Chris Palmer pulled 11:50 ahead of the field.
The clock says 19:56 faster, but the races themselves got 8:06 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2024 → London 2025: 18:03 in 175 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.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:35318/913Beat 65%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 better than the field: 4:40 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete4:40 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:03 PB221/297Beat 26%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:15731/1463Beat 50%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 1:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:57676/1600Beat 58%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:05 faster for everyone: 6:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete5:58 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:59 PB664/1917Beat 65%
↑ 175 days after Manchester 2024 18:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:03 better than the field: 21:32 faster on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete21:32 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:311023/1206Beat 15%