Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 1:36 on Richard Ruddlesden and Karen Chapman.
The clock says 2:00 faster, but the races themselves got 3:36 quicker for everyone.
189 days between Birmingham 2025 and Cardiff 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:36 behind 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 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:13 PB569/1159Beat 51%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Karen Chapman 4:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:00 better than the field: 5:37 faster on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair5:37 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:50228/361Beat 37%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Karen Chapman 5:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:36 behind the field: 3:37 slower on the clock, against 1:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:59 faster This pair3:37 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:47 PB2021/2779Beat 27%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:13573/954Beat 40%