Progress against the field
Dean Hardy has gained 2:26 on the field from Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 10:42 faster, but the races themselves got 8:16 quicker for everyone.
400 days between Rome 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:57 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
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:09 PB159/1442Beat 89%
↑ 400 days after Rome 2025 3:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:52 faster for everyone, so 3:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:03 PB163/522Beat 69%
↑ 551 days after Birmingham 2024, with Michael Wolfenden 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:07 better than the field: 6:42 faster on the clock, against 3:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:35 faster This pair6:42 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:58430/1367Beat 69%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025 4:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:29 faster for everyone, so 4:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete4:39 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:37214/534Beat 60%
↑ 56 days after Manchester 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete1:47 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:07 PB323/861Beat 63%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:24591/1191Beat 50%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 5:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:42 faster for everyone: 5:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete3:33 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:51527/1206Beat 56%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:45474/875Beat 46%