Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Richard Williams got 6:55 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:48 faster, but the races themselves got 6:53 quicker for everyone.
232 days between Copenhagen 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 16:34 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:34 PB606/1442Beat 58%
↑ 232 days after Copenhagen 2026 16:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:34 better than the field: 17:43 faster on the clock, against 1:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:09 faster This athlete17:43 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:10:0426/72Beat 64%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:59:59640/677Beat 6%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:10:2329/73Beat 60%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:28 PB355/848Beat 58%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:17326/390Beat 16%
↑ 142 days after Birmingham 2025 14:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:22 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:58 faster for everyone, so 14:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:58 faster This athlete17:22 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:391705/1821Beat 6%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 16:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:48 behind the field: 16:02 slower on the clock, against 0:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete16:02 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men57:2323/1177Beat 98%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:37267/319Beat 16%
↑ 169 days after Cologne 2025 7:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:00 faster for everyone: 7:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete5:15 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:22109/164Beat 34%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:331391/1445Beat 4%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 4:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete0:59 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men56:53 PB48/947Beat 95%
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Auckland1 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:20245/523Beat 53%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:57:321817/1916Beat 5%