Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Balaji Rajendran pulled 15:05 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:43 quicker, so 16:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:32 PB303/359Beat 16%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 15:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:05 better than the field: 16:48 faster on the clock, against 1:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This athlete16:48 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:57:20858/913Beat 6%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:03 PB303/384Beat 21%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Bala Ajay Teja Veguru 22:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 22:08 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair22:35 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:46:382081/2102Beat 1%