Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Gary Hobbs pulled 5:31 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:54 quicker, so 7:25 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:11275/312Beat 12%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Andrew Underhill 4:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:36 faster for everyone: 4:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair3:14 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:32:19536/600Beat 11%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:22:57 PB348/430Beat 19%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:07 PB568/642Beat 12%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 5:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 5:31 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete7:25 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:322615/2771Beat 6%