Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Sam Keiller got 10:12 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:51 faster, but the races themselves got 2:39 quicker for everyone.
198 days between Malaga 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:37 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:46 PB209/1442Beat 86%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 9:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:37 better than the field: 9:58 faster on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:22 PB108/419Beat 74%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:42 PB51/522Beat 90%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Tom Gilbert 4:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:28 better than the field: 6:26 faster on the clock, against 1:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair6:26 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:44233/474Beat 51%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:18 faster for everyone, so 0:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:371384/2779Beat 50%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:08419/1177Beat 64%