Progress against the field
Simon Powner has dropped 6:29 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Glasgow 2026.
The clock says 7:31 faster, but the races themselves got 14:00 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Glasgow 2026: 2:58 on the field in 49 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
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:52113/605Beat 81%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Tom Cush 5:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:36 faster for everyone: 5:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair3:36 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:16 PB52/478Beat 89%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Tom Cush 2:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 better than the field: 4:06 faster on the clock, against 1:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair4:06 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:2473/595Beat 88%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:23 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 2:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete5:23 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:2058/404Beat 86%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:47122/529Beat 77%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 6:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete7:13 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:34 PB236/2771Beat 92%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:32 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete3:34 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:22293/1177Beat 75%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:08262/1588Beat 84%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 2:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:14 faster for everyone, so 2:44 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete0:30 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:38253/1191Beat 79%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:34 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:34 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:12308/1206Beat 75%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete3:43 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:55460/1916Beat 76%