Progress against the field
From London 2021 to Glasgow 2026, the field gained 25:16 on Paul Williams.
Over the same races everyone got 19:34 quicker, so 5:42 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
420 days between London 2021 and London 2022 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:19 behind 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
18 races · 16 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:1131/605Beat 95%
↑ 645 days after Manchester 2025, with David Gimson 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:05 faster for everyone, so 0:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This pair2:46 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Relay · Men56:0610/53Beat 81%
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Mechelen26 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:23 PB110/493Beat 78%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:48920/1452Beat 37%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 20:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 20:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete21:06 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:3884/279Beat 70%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · MenDNF—
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:42 PB289/2771Beat 90%
↑ 223 days after Barcelona 2025 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:09 faster for everyone, so 1:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:09 faster This athlete3:03 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men58:53 PB56/1177Beat 95%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Relay · Men58:214/15Beat 73%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:45179/1106Beat 84%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025 12:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:35 slower for everyone and the clock still says 11:09 faster: 12:44 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete11:09 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:10:15 PB286/288Beat 1%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men59:5840/898Beat 96%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:54800/1588Beat 50%
↑ 326 days after Berlin 2024 1:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 better than the field: 2:06 faster on the clock, against 0:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 faster This athlete2:06 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:5778/616Beat 87%
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Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:00638/953Beat 33%
↑ 146 days after London 2023 5:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 9:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:47 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →9:01 faster This athlete3:14 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:28:141072/1865Beat 43%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 3:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:35 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:28:33428/865Beat 51%
↑ 420 days after London 2021 8:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:27 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:52 faster for everyone: 8:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete4:27 slower -
London25 Sep 2021Individual Open · Men1:24:0661/146Beat 58%