Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Chris Bird and Ben Pavey lost 0:21 to the field.
The races themselves barely changed, so 0:03 slower 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.
Every race
2 races · 2 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:11133/566Beat 77%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Ben Pavey 0:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 behind the field: 0:03 slower on the clock, against 0:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair0:03 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:08 PB704/2102Beat 67%