Progress against the field
Steve Powell has dropped 8:07 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 2:41 faster, but the races themselves got 10:48 quicker for everyone.
519 days between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:31 behind 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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men58:47 PB6/1442Beat 100%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:00 PB17/610Beat 97%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:38 PB19/134Beat 86%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 0:27 faster on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete0:27 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men53:55 PB4/2102Beat 100%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:0563/462Beat 86%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:36 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete1:19 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:2432/156Beat 80%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:139/639Beat 99%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 behind the field: 3:15 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete3:15 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men58:2952/1010Beat 95%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men58:5812/1445Beat 99%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 2:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:51 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete2:30 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:01:286/816Beat 99%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:08:28299/522Beat 43%