Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Jack Cole got 29:14 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:48 quicker, so 35:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 21:58 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.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:52216/677Beat 68%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 21:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:58 better than the field: 25:42 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete25:42 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:59 PB224/522Beat 57%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:341210/1463Beat 17%
↑ 117 days after Rome 2025 28:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:51 behind the field: 28:19 slower on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete28:19 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:15 PB46/312Beat 85%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:15 PB333/1367Beat 76%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 22:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 22:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete24:52 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:07528/639Beat 17%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 16:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 16:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete17:15 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:52868/1917Beat 55%
↑ 50 days after Copenhagen 2025 29:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
30:02 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:38 faster for everyone, so 29:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete30:02 faster -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:541231/1323Beat 7%
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Toulouse8 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:351509/1789Beat 16%