Progress against the field
Jake Balme and Ruby Waters have dropped 3:25 behind the field from Dublin 2025 to Cardiff 2026.
The clock says 0:26 slower, but the races themselves got 2:59 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Cardiff 2026: 2:35 on the field in 98 days.
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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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:01169/419Beat 60%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Ruby Waters 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 better than the field: 5:21 faster on the clock, against 2:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This pair5:21 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:22143/297Beat 52%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025, with Ruby Waters 6:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:13 faster for everyone: 6:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 faster This pair5:47 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:35 PB206/559Beat 63%