Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to London Olympia 2026, Lydia Hobbs got 3:37 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:12 quicker, so 6:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:42:03 PB376/581Beat 35%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 better than the field: 5:30 faster on the clock, against 3:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete5:30 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:47:33192/263Beat 27%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:26 slower for everyone: 1:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This athlete1:19 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:48:521318/1542Beat 15%