Progress against the field
Neil Ward has dropped 5:54 behind the field from London 2022 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 14:43 quicker, so 8:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 372 days between London 2022 and London 2023, cost 4:58 on 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. 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 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:12:53378/476Beat 21%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Dean Oxley 6:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:33 behind the field: 3:51 slower on the clock, against 2:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:42 faster This pair3:51 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:33 PB162/396Beat 59%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:02173/279Beat 38%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:29 PB896/2779Beat 68%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:52439/1600Beat 73%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:09 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:09 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:09:01 PB38/63Beat 40%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:01666/1917Beat 65%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 3:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 3:09 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete2:20 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:21246/688Beat 64%
↑ 369 days after London 2023 4:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 4:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete7:01 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:22957/1865Beat 49%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:54 faster for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:25:18358/865Beat 59%