Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2022 to London Excel 2025, the field gained 9:50 on Paul Simpson.
Over the same races everyone got 12:39 quicker, so 2:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
385 days between Birmingham 2023 and Manchester 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 10:28 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.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:09 PB279/549Beat 49%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:32:19495/652Beat 24%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Men58:4212/53Beat 77%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:07 PB185/279Beat 34%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:21 PB1298/2771Beat 53%
↑ 69 days after Rome 2025 38:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
41:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 38:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This athlete41:27 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Mixed1:32:5548/55Beat 13%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:481326/1367Beat 3%
↑ 321 days after Manchester 2024 30:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
28:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:50 faster for everyone: 30:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This athlete28:50 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:58978/1206Beat 19%
↑ 385 days after Birmingham 2023 10:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:46 faster for everyone: 10:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:46 faster This athlete3:42 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:31:16673/1182Beat 43%
↑ 371 days after Birmingham 2022 7:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:12 behind the field: 6:06 slower on the clock, against 1:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete6:06 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:25:10439/960Beat 54%