Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Alex Dicken got 0:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:25 quicker, so 6:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:41 behind 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:25171/1442Beat 88%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 3:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 behind the field: 2:18 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete2:18 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men58:52 PB13/271Beat 95%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Owen Pearce 1:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:40 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This pair1:52 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:31 PB106/414Beat 74%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Sophie Chatterton 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:37 faster for everyone, so 1:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:19 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:4421/398Beat 95%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:50410/1474Beat 72%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:07 PB204/2779Beat 93%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 4:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 better than the field: 8:33 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete8:33 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:40377/1401Beat 73%