Progress against the field
James Scales has gained 10:31 on the field from Warsaw 2025 to London Excel 2025.
The clock says 11:31 faster, but the races themselves got 1:00 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 215 days between London 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 16:59 ahead of 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
12 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men3:04:46691/693Beat 0%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed2:25:54651/652Beat 0%
↑ 300 days after Madrid 2025, with Natasha Scales 18:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:31 faster for everyone: 18:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This pair14:06 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men2:39:44 PB460/460Beat 0%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:27:28 PB1631/1815Beat 10%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025, with Luis Santos Silva 0:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:25 faster for everyone, so 0:14 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This pair4:11 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men1:33:31115/120Beat 4%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:58:31 PB2636/2771Beat 5%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 16:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:59 better than the field: 18:41 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete18:41 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:11:48786/789Beat 0%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed2:04:18 PB325/328Beat 1%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Relay · Mixed1:44:3734/34Beat 0%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:31:39487/530Beat 8%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:17:121893/1917Beat 1%
↑ 21 days after Warsaw 2025 6:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:28 behind the field: 7:10 slower on the clock, against 0:42 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 slower This athlete7:10 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men2:10:02759/768Beat 1%