Progress against the field
Between Hamburg 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Craig Cooper pulled 7:18 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:39 faster, but the races themselves got 7:21 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 2:05 on 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 · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:33:30 PB543/605Beat 10%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Lee Whitfield 0:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:47 faster for everyone, so 0:37 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair1:24 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:28554/693Beat 20%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:43 faster for everyone: 2:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:22 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:06 PB697/913Beat 24%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 3:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:17 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 3:01 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete4:17 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:34:54359/384Beat 7%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:23597/716Beat 17%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:44:002455/2779Beat 12%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2025 6:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:28 faster for everyone, so 6:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete9:07 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:071329/1486Beat 11%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:47:491706/1916Beat 11%