Progress against the field
James Richardson has gained 11:00 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to London Olympia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:01 quicker, so 17:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 12:31 in 43 days.
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
12 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:07:4238/79Beat 52%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:5378/312Beat 75%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Jamie Austin 0:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:52 faster for everyone, so 0:34 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair1:26 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men1:03:5322/53Beat 59%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:05 PB42/522Beat 92%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:23 PB94/561Beat 83%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:57220/897Beat 76%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 4:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 better than the field: 9:02 faster on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete9:02 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:44:17 PB393/483Beat 19%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:59794/1463Beat 46%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 6:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete7:34 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:19634/2102Beat 70%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Jamie Austin 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, so 3:35 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair5:52 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:25977/2779Beat 65%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 12:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 12:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete15:33 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:581268/1821Beat 30%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:11358/563Beat 36%