Progress against the field
From London 2025 to Manchester 2026, Ian Topping got 0:30 faster than the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 0:16 faster on the clock is the real picture.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:5945/566Beat 92%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025, with Jamie Ryan 4:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:58 faster for everyone: 4:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:58 faster This pair2:34 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:32 PB73/551Beat 87%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 0:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 0:30 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete0:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men59:25 PB74/1177Beat 94%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:22 PB44/93Beat 53%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:48331/1917Beat 83%
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Paris9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:13263/865Beat 70%