Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Turin 2026, James Cheeseman kept pace with the field.
The clock says 5:06 faster, but the races themselves got 5:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Malaga 2025 → Cardiff 2025: 3:49 in 70 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:26 PB134/312Beat 57%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:39:13504/522Beat 3%
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:39 PB229/561Beat 59%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:27254/460Beat 45%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025, with Victoria Cheeseman 3:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 behind the field: 3:35 slower on the clock, against 0:20 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This pair3:35 slower -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:05220/588Beat 63%
↑ 64 days after Madrid 2025 3:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:52 PB872/1474Beat 41%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:21460/1312Beat 65%
↑ 181 days after Cardiff 2025 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:10 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:49 faster This athlete1:39 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:00301/639Beat 53%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 3:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:11 faster: 3:49 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete3:11 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:11298/534Beat 44%