Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2022 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 7:23 on James Barnes.
Over the same races everyone got 15:48 quicker, so 8:25 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 385 days between Birmingham 2023 and Manchester 2024, cost 2:25 on 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
22 races · 19 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:3550/1035Beat 95%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:04:48 PB27/293Beat 91%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:12245/330Beat 26%
↑ 196 days after Glasgow 2026, with Kelly Evans 0:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 behind the field: 1:27 slower on the clock, against 0:39 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 slower This pair1:27 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:2153/566Beat 91%
↑ 153 days after Madrid 2025, with Adam Kavanagh 3:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 behind the field: 1:02 slower on the clock, against 2:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:16 faster This pair1:02 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men55:37 PB67/455Beat 85%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men58:4114/58Beat 76%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:45849/1198Beat 29%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:4965/551Beat 88%
↑ 306 days after Malaga 2025 0:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 better than the field: 0:26 faster on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This athlete0:26 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:09 PB81/312Beat 74%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:1971/1029Beat 93%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025, with Adam Kavanagh 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:16 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 slower This pair1:17 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:0298/1177Beat 92%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:01:1864/263Beat 76%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:1554/534Beat 90%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 faster for everyone: 3:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:36 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:39161/1588Beat 90%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 3:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 3:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:09 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:41458/733Beat 38%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:05:4959/122Beat 52%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:30 PB166/1206Beat 86%
↑ 385 days after Birmingham 2023 2:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:46 faster for everyone, so 2:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:46 faster This athlete4:21 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:17196/255Beat 23%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:12:51121/1182Beat 90%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:46 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete1:47 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:11:04135/974Beat 86%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 1:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 better than the field: 7:10 faster on the clock, against 5:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete7:10 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:18:14242/960Beat 75%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Doubles Open · Men1:16:1699/148Beat 33%