Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Manchester 2026, Lee Potts and Helen Potts got 1:15 faster than the field.
The clock says 0:07 faster, but the races themselves got 1:08 slower for everyone.
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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Helen Potts, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 9 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:36157/419Beat 63%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:20327/962Beat 66%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:12 PB40/402Beat 90%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:41 PB83/390Beat 79%
↑ 51 days after Manchester 2026 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 4:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete7:20 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:18 PB292/824Beat 65%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Helen Potts 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:07 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:08 slower for everyone: 1:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 slower This pair0:07 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:01217/529Beat 59%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 5:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:58 behind the field: 4:55 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:55 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:25546/1474Beat 63%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:17284/789Beat 64%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025, with Helen Potts 7:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:01 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:08 faster: 7:09 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 slower This pair6:08 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:25555/889Beat 38%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025, with Helen Potts 5:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:05 faster for everyone, so 5:28 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This pair7:33 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:06463/1821Beat 75%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:58409/470Beat 13%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:54:44606/616Beat 2%