Progress against the field
Michael Cox has gained 2:49 on the field from London 2024 to Malaga 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 8:33 quicker, so 11:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 6:08 ahead of 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
10 races · 10 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:36149/1051Beat 86%
↑ 293 days after London Excel 2025, with Bianca Moir 2:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:41 slower for everyone: 2:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:41 slower This pair3:02 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:28 PB37/271Beat 86%
↑ 361 days after London 2025, with Mitchell Stanley 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 better than the field: 5:27 faster on the clock, against 2:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This pair5:27 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:45 PB9/561Beat 98%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025 3:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:17 faster for everyone, so 3:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:17 faster This athlete1:58 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:34 PB168/1372Beat 88%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:4334/1600Beat 98%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 6:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:08 better than the field: 9:24 faster on the clock, against 3:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete9:24 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:55388/1010Beat 62%
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Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:24233/742Beat 69%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:07235/1637Beat 86%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:37124/376Beat 67%
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Malaga13 Apr 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:50163/278Beat 41%