Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 1:49 on James Cowley.
Over the same races everyone got 6:25 quicker, so 4:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:40 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
9 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men56:269/79Beat 89%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:4299/646Beat 85%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 1:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:40 behind the field: 0:11 slower on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete0:11 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Relay · Mixed1:03:1319/73Beat 74%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:31 PB112/897Beat 88%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 2:42 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:42 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:29 PB158/824Beat 81%
↑ 263 days after London 2025, with Rosie Hill 10:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:23 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:26 slower for everyone: 10:49 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 slower This pair10:23 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:11 PB608/1815Beat 67%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:13654/2779Beat 77%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:05 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:18426/1821Beat 77%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:52558/956Beat 42%