Progress against the field
From London 2022 to Oslo 2026, the field gained 23:57 on Ian Jones.
Over the same races everyone got 16:18 quicker, so 7:39 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 812 days between Glasgow 2023 and London 2025, still ended 9:10 ahead of 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
15 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:10 PB64/600Beat 89%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:43223/871Beat 74%
↑ 248 days after Manchester 2026 3:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 better than the field: 5:54 faster on the clock, against 2:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete5:54 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:17201/430Beat 53%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:51 PB420/491Beat 15%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:45170/478Beat 64%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025, with Jamie Seager 3:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 behind the field: 1:09 slower on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This pair1:09 slower -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:14118/349Beat 66%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:37240/529Beat 55%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 5:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:20 behind the field: 5:34 slower on the clock, against 0:14 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete5:34 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:12349/1099Beat 68%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:0345/279Beat 84%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:36230/563Beat 59%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:03671/1917Beat 65%
↑ 812 days after Glasgow 2023 9:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:10 better than the field: 17:30 faster on the clock, against 8:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →8:20 faster This athlete17:30 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:15613/1105Beat 45%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:34:33709/974Beat 27%
↑ 84 days after London 2022 31:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
31:13 behind the field: 25:29 slower on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete25:29 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:09:04 PB45/865Beat 95%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:26:18321/358Beat 10%