Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and Birmingham 2025, Alex Bleach pulled 8:14 ahead of the field.
The clock says 18:19 faster, but the races themselves got 10:05 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2022 → Glasgow 2023: 8:16 in 378 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:45 PB376/693Beat 46%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 0:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 better than the field: 4:27 faster on the clock, against 3:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete4:27 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:12:15206/302Beat 32%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:00:59 PB112/484Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Relay · Mixed1:09:5321/71Beat 70%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:1290/130Beat 31%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:09 PB127/523Beat 76%
↑ 984 days after Glasgow 2023 0:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:08 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete3:08 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Relay · Men59:5012/33Beat 64%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:17335/974Beat 66%
↑ 378 days after Manchester 2022 8:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:16 better than the field: 15:11 faster on the clock, against 6:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:55 faster This athlete15:11 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:33:28319/476Beat 33%
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St. GallenDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men1:05:5430/103Beat 71%