Progress against the field
Between Paris 1 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Daniel Watkins pulled 0:35 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:56 quicker, so 7:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
187 days between Paris 1 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:05 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
7 races · 7 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:50521/913Beat 43%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 3:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 behind the field: 1:49 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete1:49 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:01 PB98/219Beat 55%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete3:45 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:46916/1463Beat 37%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:39 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:28 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:07 slower for everyone, so this was 0:39 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:28 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:181814/2779Beat 35%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 0:41 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:41 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:371039/1821Beat 43%
↑ 187 days after Paris 1 2025 7:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:21 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:44 faster: 7:05 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete6:44 faster -
Paris 118 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:211136/1422Beat 20%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:42:081348/1637Beat 18%