Progress against the field
From London Olympia 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Cai Wells got 12:39 faster than the field.
The clock says 16:05 faster, but the races themselves got 3:26 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 8:00 ahead of 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:25 PB561/1442Beat 61%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 8:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 8:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete9:43 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:08580/913Beat 37%
↑ 13 days after Warsaw 2026 0:36 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:16 slower for everyone, so this was 0:36 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 slower This athlete0:40 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:281099/1792Beat 39%
↑ 23 days after London Olympia 2026 4:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 better than the field: 7:02 faster on the clock, against 2:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:59 faster This athlete7:02 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:30661/897Beat 26%