Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Mark Boys pulled 20:16 ahead of the field.
The clock says 30:54 faster, but the races themselves got 10:38 quicker for everyone.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:12852/1442Beat 41%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 6:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 behind the field: 2:35 slower on the clock, against 3:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete2:35 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:08208/491Beat 58%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:02126/261Beat 52%
↑ 133 days after London Excel 2025, with Georgia Phillips 5:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:50 behind the field: 3:44 slower on the clock, against 2:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:06 faster This pair3:44 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:18426/1372Beat 69%
↑ 215 days after London 2025, with Georgia Phillips 3:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:38 faster for everyone: 3:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This pair2:07 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:37991/1821Beat 46%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025 1:49 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 slower on the clock, but the race was 1:56 slower for everyone, so this was 1:49 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete0:07 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:11 PB284/956Beat 70%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:30 PB499/768Beat 35%
↑ 134 days after London 2024 20:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
20:45 better than the field: 26:40 faster on the clock, against 5:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:55 faster This athlete26:40 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:34:40 PB580/616Beat 6%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:53:101495/1637Beat 9%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 4:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 4:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete6:56 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men2:00:061836/1916Beat 4%