Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Copenhagen 2026, Rob Heaton pulled 5:58 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:08 quicker, so 9:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 6:18 in 172 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
8 races · 8 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men55:076/53Beat 89%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:13 PB105/900Beat 88%
↑ 99 days after London Excel 2025 2:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:22 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:01 faster for everyone, so 2:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 faster This athlete2:22 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:35759/2779Beat 73%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 2:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:21 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:52307/667Beat 54%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:56414/1821Beat 77%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 better than the field: 6:23 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete6:23 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:19903/1917Beat 53%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:24 PB173/898Beat 81%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:07:45273/719Beat 62%