Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and London Excel 2025, Laura Ashford lost 0:16 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:48 quicker, so 6:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 4:51 in 145 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:18:21 PB136/627Beat 78%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026, with Ella Jones 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair2:44 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:15:40 PB87/196Beat 56%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:21:05414/1618Beat 74%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:19:24 PB309/1542Beat 80%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:50 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:14 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 0:50 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete2:14 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:21:38162/829Beat 81%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 4:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 better than the field: 6:37 faster on the clock, against 1:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete6:37 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:15172/400Beat 57%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 4:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:58 faster for everyone: 4:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This athlete2:19 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:25:56227/649Beat 65%