Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2023 and Berlin 2024, Gareth Bottomley pulled 4:38 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:06 quicker, so 20:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
266 days between Manchester 2023 and Birmingham 2023 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:47 better than 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:45 PB421/824Beat 49%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:25 PB747/953Beat 22%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2023 0:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:51 better than the field: 14:01 faster on the clock, against 13:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →13:10 faster This athlete14:01 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:43:26937/1182Beat 21%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 6:43 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete6:43 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:50:09545/649Beat 16%