Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Sophie Palmer and Sam Palmer got 1:19 faster than the field.
The clock says 1:55 faster, but the races themselves got 0:36 quicker for everyone.
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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Sam Palmer, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:19 PB80/848Beat 91%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Sam Palmer 1:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:19 better than the field: 1:55 faster on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This pair1:55 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women2:03:08545/554Beat 2%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:14199/1474Beat 87%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:12:53 PB98/904Beat 89%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024, with Lauren Hunt 1:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:02 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This pair3:15 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Women1:16:08178/973Beat 82%