Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Oliver Scammell lost 0:43 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:51 quicker, so 4:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
4 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:40:59232/246Beat 6%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Lilli Tahirkheli 4:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 behind the field: 3:44 slower on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This pair3:44 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:35 PB319/913Beat 65%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:51 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete4:08 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:15 PB1314/1474Beat 11%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:43311/639Beat 51%