Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2023 to Malaga 2026, the field gained 14:54 on Simon Maughan.
Over the same races everyone got 19:21 quicker, so 4:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Glasgow 2023 → Birmingham 2023: 4:18 in 252 days.
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
11 races · 11 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:14197/561Beat 65%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 5:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, so 5:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete0:54 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:08174/529Beat 67%
↑ 55 days after Madrid 2025 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:54 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:54 faster This athlete0:59 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:07413/1312Beat 69%
↑ 41 days after Valencia 2025 1:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 1:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete1:05 slower -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:02381/1018Beat 63%
↑ 167 days after London 2025 5:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:03 behind the field: 5:04 slower on the clock, against 0:01 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete5:04 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:58 PB444/1917Beat 77%
↑ 43 days after Malaga 2025 0:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:59 faster for everyone, so 0:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete1:27 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:25289/966Beat 70%
↑ 132 days after Manchester 2024 0:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:50 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:22420/1206Beat 65%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 5:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:14 faster for everyone: 5:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete0:55 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:27393/1916Beat 80%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 0:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:53 faster for everyone: 0:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:05 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:22321/1865Beat 83%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2023 0:38 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:25 faster for everyone, so 0:38 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This athlete3:47 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:09302/1182Beat 75%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 4:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:32 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:46 slower for everyone: 4:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete2:32 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:21:41409/974Beat 58%