Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Cardiff 2026, the field gained 0:45 on Mark Thomas.
The clock says 2:30 faster, but the races themselves got 3:15 quicker for everyone.
263 days between London 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:21 better than 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:34 PB391/913Beat 57%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 3:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 3:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:57696/1463Beat 52%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 2:21 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete2:07 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:041064/1917Beat 45%