Progress against the field
Between London 2022 and Birmingham 2026, james baker lost 14:44 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 14:47 quicker, so 0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 636 days between Manchester 2023 and Birmingham 2024, cost 24:00 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
15 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:51223/605Beat 63%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:49149/646Beat 77%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 41:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
42:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone, so 41:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete42:57 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:09134/271Beat 51%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:56:46853/913Beat 7%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024 34:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
34:14 behind the field: 27:04 slower on the clock, against 7:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:10 faster This athlete27:04 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:02 PB239/777Beat 69%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:26:38110/137Beat 20%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 0:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete2:37 faster -
Sharjah12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:06 PB127/258Beat 51%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:51524/1105Beat 53%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:29:15117/147Beat 20%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:421179/1916Beat 39%
↑ 636 days after Manchester 2023 24:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:00 behind the field: 18:46 slower on the clock, against 5:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:14 faster This athlete18:46 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:32580/909Beat 36%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:10:56 PB41/649Beat 94%
↑ 70 days after London 2022 2:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:16 better than the field: 2:56 faster on the clock, against 0:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:40 faster This athlete2:56 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:13:52108/865Beat 88%
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London25 Sep 2021Individual Pro · Men1:24:20 PB34/59Beat 42%
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Abu DhabiDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:15:29116/762Beat 85%