Progress against the field
Between London 2023 and London Excel 2025, Craig Russell lost 5:35 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:44 quicker, so 5:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 334 days between London 2023 and Birmingham 2024, cost 1:38 on 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
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:30 PB228/605Beat 62%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Neil Smith 1:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:14 faster for everyone, so 1:04 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair1:10 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:43366/478Beat 23%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:421240/2771Beat 55%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 2:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 behind the field: 0:57 slower on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete0:57 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:40522/1177Beat 56%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:45 PB861/1917Beat 55%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 8:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:28 better than the field: 13:57 faster on the clock, against 5:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete13:57 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:42523/688Beat 24%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 9:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:40 faster for everyone: 9:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete7:06 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:36448/816Beat 45%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 1:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:53 faster for everyone: 1:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:45 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:51988/1865Beat 47%