Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Malaga 2026, Samuel Elkin lost 8:18 to the field.
The clock says 5:32 faster, but the races themselves got 13:50 quicker for everyone.
193 days between Warsaw 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:19 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:29329/561Beat 41%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025 5:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:17 faster for everyone, so 5:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:17 faster This athlete0:10 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:39994/1821Beat 45%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025 3:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:56 slower for everyone: 3:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete5:15 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:24 PB386/768Beat 50%
↑ 169 days after Birmingham 2024 0:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 10:29 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →10:29 faster This athlete10:37 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:12:57108/148Beat 27%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:011293/1916Beat 33%