Progress against the field
Alex Gillam has gained 19:29 on the field from Glasgow 2025 to Glasgow 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:30 quicker, so 22:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 224 days between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 1:14 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
5 races · 5 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:09 PB247/848Beat 71%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025, with Chloe Edwards 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:55 faster This pair2:24 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:32 PB885/1452Beat 39%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 18:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:15 better than the field: 20:42 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete20:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:49:141418/1600Beat 11%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 better than the field: 2:17 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:17 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:33191/470Beat 59%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:311365/1445Beat 6%