Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2026, David Ball pulled 10:30 ahead of the field.
The clock says 16:25 faster, but the races themselves got 5:55 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:55 better than 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.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:17 PB189/677Beat 72%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 7:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 7:55 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete9:18 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:02526/824Beat 36%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:351400/2771Beat 50%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 7:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:05 better than the field: 11:07 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete11:07 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:06 PB198/559Beat 65%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:47 PB191/563Beat 66%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:42498/639Beat 22%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 4:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 4:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete4:00 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:421065/1445Beat 26%