Progress against the field
Damien Thomas has gained 8:59 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:56 quicker, so 13:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:56 better than 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
7 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:31 PB449/1159Beat 61%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Nicola Pearce 6:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:35 better than the field: 7:40 faster on the clock, against 1:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This pair7:40 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:05 PB175/646Beat 73%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, so 2:56 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:45 PB140/600Beat 77%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:11575/887Beat 35%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:30234/642Beat 64%
↑ 101 days after Poznan 2025 10:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:29 better than the field: 12:29 faster on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete12:29 faster -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:59745/1184Beat 37%
↑ 52 days after Birmingham 2025 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 2:59 slower on the clock, against 1:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete2:59 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:00936/1600Beat 42%