Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 1:03 on Luke Merriman and Andrew Merriman.
The clock says 0:27 slower, but the races themselves got 0:36 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 5:01 in 43 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:59 PB57/246Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:21:00272/404Beat 33%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Andrew Merriman 6:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:04 behind the field: 7:19 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair7:19 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:41 PB1061/1815Beat 42%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Andrew Merriman 5:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:52 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, so 5:01 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair6:52 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:50 PB1078/1361Beat 21%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:33854/1099Beat 22%