Progress against the field
Joshua Thornton has dropped 9:41 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 2:30 faster, but the races themselves got 12:11 quicker for everyone.
327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:02 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:04551/1442Beat 62%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 5:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 5:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:56524/913Beat 43%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 11:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:43 behind the field: 8:14 slower on the clock, against 3:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete8:14 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed59:216/71Beat 92%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:11 PB73/794Beat 91%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:42185/529Beat 65%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 1:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:30 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:12611/1600Beat 62%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 6:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:16 faster for everyone: 6:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete2:46 slower -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:26 PB44/722Beat 94%
↑ 37 days after Rotterdam 2025, with Kelsie Johnson 2:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:45 faster for everyone, so 2:46 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair5:31 faster -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:5777/707Beat 89%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:26 PB489/1637Beat 70%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete4:08 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:34813/1916Beat 58%