Progress against the field
David Willis has gained 3:16 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 7:44 faster, but the races themselves got 4:28 quicker for everyone.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:08 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
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:03 PB160/312Beat 49%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Daniel Garratt 0:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 better than the field: 2:23 faster on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair2:23 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:11 PB66/677Beat 90%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 2:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, so 2:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete3:37 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:13:26277/478Beat 42%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:48103/716Beat 86%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 2:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete6:45 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:33464/1463Beat 68%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 behind the field: 2:38 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:38 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:55634/2771Beat 77%