Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Richard Darley pulled 4:04 ahead of the field.
The clock says 11:15 faster, but the races themselves got 7:11 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 3:50 in 189 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
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:44 PB322/913Beat 65%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 3:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:50 better than the field: 7:50 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete7:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:34989/1821Beat 46%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 0:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 better than the field: 3:25 faster on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete3:25 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:59831/1191Beat 30%