Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and London Excel 2025, Harry Vowles lost 0:39 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:01 quicker, so 5:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 267 days between Glasgow 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 2:07 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
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:02297/693Beat 57%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:37 faster for everyone: 3:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete3:06 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men59:12 PB23/522Beat 96%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Kristian Lynam 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:18 faster for everyone, so 2:56 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair3:14 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:10:56 PB153/445Beat 66%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:26279/1815Beat 85%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Kristian Lynam 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 1:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair3:10 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:50 PB717/2771Beat 74%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025 2:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 better than the field: 5:39 faster on the clock, against 3:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:32 faster This athlete5:39 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:36322/1099Beat 71%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:29694/1588Beat 56%
↑ 153 days after Amsterdam 2024 2:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 behind the field: 0:17 slower on the clock, against 2:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:29 faster This athlete0:17 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:12503/1539Beat 67%