Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Birmingham 2026, James Nelmes lost 7:35 to the field.
The clock says 0:39 slower, but the races themselves got 6:56 quicker for everyone.
519 days between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:15 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:42740/1442Beat 49%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025 3:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:57 faster for everyone, so 3:15 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This athlete8:12 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:47 PB348/478Beat 27%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:541096/1401Beat 22%
↑ 126 days after Manchester 2025 10:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:50 behind the field: 8:51 slower on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This athlete8:51 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:03 PB669/1191Beat 44%