Progress against the field
David Benson has dropped 4:27 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 8:09 faster, but the races themselves got 12:36 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 546 days between London 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 6:23 on 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
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:30250/1442Beat 83%
↑ 546 days after London 2025 6:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:23 behind the field: 3:59 slower on the clock, against 2:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete3:59 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:49 PB47/1198Beat 96%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:40128/824Beat 85%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:48 PB128/312Beat 59%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men59:28 PB50/667Beat 93%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025, with Lee Shaw 1:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:35 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:48 faster for everyone, so 1:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:48 faster This pair0:35 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:03121/1099Beat 89%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:31 PB181/1917Beat 91%
↑ 190 days after Birmingham 2024 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 better than the field: 8:24 faster on the clock, against 5:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:31 faster This athlete8:24 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:28193/947Beat 80%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024, with Phil Dermott 3:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 3:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This pair0:57 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:25132/719Beat 82%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:55415/1916Beat 78%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 0:57 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete3:44 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:39324/1182Beat 73%