Progress against the field
James Roberts has dropped 5:42 behind the field from Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 2:22 faster, but the races themselves got 8:04 quicker for everyone.
198 days between Malaga 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:08 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
13 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:17234/1159Beat 80%
↑ 546 days after London 2025, with Helen Harper 3:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:22 behind the field: 0:55 slower on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This pair0:55 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:43128/677Beat 81%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 3:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 behind the field: 2:47 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete2:47 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:56 PB58/474Beat 88%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:18 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:02 PB43/384Beat 89%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Stuart Aldridge 0:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 better than the field: 1:13 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair1:13 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:15460/1815Beat 75%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Stuart Aldridge 1:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 1:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair1:06 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:53427/2779Beat 85%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 0:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:33 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete3:03 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:56219/1312Beat 83%
↑ 181 days after Cardiff 2025 1:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete0:09 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:14313/563Beat 44%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:05122/639Beat 81%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:22 PB179/956Beat 81%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:45 PB93/236Beat 61%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:21218/984Beat 78%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:26177/275Beat 36%