Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Michael Otton got 3:39 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:28 faster, but the races themselves got 9:49 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 9:52 on the field in 145 days.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:46:19 PB1180/1442Beat 18%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 0:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 0:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete0:44 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:47:03804/913Beat 12%
↑ 49 days after Glasgow 2026 0:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 better than the field: 3:45 faster on the clock, against 2:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:48 faster This athlete3:45 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:481318/1452Beat 9%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 1:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 behind the field: 1:50 slower on the clock, against 0:20 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete1:50 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:48:582564/2779Beat 8%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 behind the field: 1:39 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:39 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:191594/1821Beat 13%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 9:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:52 better than the field: 12:28 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete12:28 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:59:471353/1401Beat 3%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:53 PB623/861Beat 28%