Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Stephen Ripley and David Roberts pulled 0:46 ahead of the field.
The clock says 3:11 faster, but the races themselves got 2:25 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 2:45 on the field in 48 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:01 PB180/522Beat 66%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with David Roberts 1:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:59 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This pair1:41 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:42352/794Beat 56%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with David Roberts 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 2:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair1:30 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:12893/1815Beat 51%