Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, kevin ball lost 10:48 to the field.
The clock says 7:20 slower, but the races themselves got 3:28 quicker for everyone.
185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:28 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:021107/1442Beat 23%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 5:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 behind the field: 3:45 slower on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete3:45 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:17686/913Beat 25%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 5:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 5:20 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete3:35 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:12 PB439/824Beat 47%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025, with Katie Wheeler 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:45 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:18 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair1:27 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:42 PB2104/2779Beat 24%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:25:25 PB1013/1177Beat 14%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:17524/954Beat 45%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:39163/267Beat 39%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:36:40656/733Beat 11%