Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Alissa Ellis lost 4:44 to the field.
The clock says 2:12 faster, but the races themselves got 6:56 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 185 days between Cardiff 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 2:35 ahead of 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:16:1626/279Beat 91%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 better than the field: 5:18 faster on the clock, against 2:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:43 faster This athlete5:18 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:21:34102/646Beat 84%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 7:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:25 behind the field: 6:16 slower on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete6:16 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:18 PB115/1379Beat 92%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:10 faster on the clock, against 3:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:18:28104/829Beat 88%