Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Glasgow 2026, Daniel Valentine pulled 9:36 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:42 quicker, so 12:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → London Excel 2025: 7:30 on the field in 43 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
4 races · 4 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:23231/515Beat 55%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:03 PB202/595Beat 66%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 2:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:46 faster: 2:06 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete1:46 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:491101/2771Beat 60%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 7:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 7:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete10:32 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:21315/523Beat 40%