Progress against the field
Tony Houghton has dropped 6:07 behind the field from Cardiff 2026 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 4:24 slower 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
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:32370/646Beat 43%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 6:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:07 behind the field: 4:24 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete4:24 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:08 PB405/913Beat 56%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:21750/1363Beat 45%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:35795/1452Beat 45%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 3:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete6:08 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:431003/1463Beat 31%