Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Llyr Rees and Debbie Roberts got 2:40 faster than the field.
The clock says 9:03 faster, but the races themselves got 6:23 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 6:34 on the field in 48 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:18253/586Beat 57%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Debbie Roberts 1:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:37 faster for everyone: 1:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair0:09 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:09 PB369/848Beat 57%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026, with Debbie Roberts 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:46 faster This pair0:20 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:29414/824Beat 50%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Debbie Roberts 6:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:08 slower for everyone and the clock still says 5:26 faster: 6:34 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:08 slower This pair5:26 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:55996/1474Beat 32%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Debbie Roberts 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 better than the field: 3:26 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This pair3:26 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:21208/267Beat 22%