Progress against the field
Alan Norris has gained 1:35 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 7:25 faster, but the races themselves got 5:50 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Olympia 2026 → Malaga 2026: 8:28 on the field in 23 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
7 races · 7 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:53435/581Beat 25%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 7:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 behind the field: 9:01 slower on the clock, against 1:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete9:01 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:52501/913Beat 45%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026 3:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:21 faster for everyone: 3:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This athlete2:26 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:26 PB283/561Beat 50%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 8:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:38 faster for everyone, so 8:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete9:06 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:32425/642Beat 34%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 1:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete5:18 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:501137/1463Beat 22%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 3:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 3:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:28 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:181507/1821Beat 17%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:39355/409Beat 13%