Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2026 to Rome 2026, Abigail Hayward-Jones has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 1:11 slower, so 1:08 slower on the clock looks worse than it was.
The biggest step was Malaga 2026 → Rome 2026: 2:02 on the field in 160 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:40 PB100/549Beat 82%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Mixed1:03:3114/72Beat 81%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Women1:25:3988/334Beat 74%
↑ 160 days after Malaga 2026 2:02 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:33 slower for everyone: 2:02 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:33 slower This athlete0:31 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:25:08105/329Beat 68%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 1:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 behind the field: 0:37 slower on the clock, against 1:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 faster This athlete0:37 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Women1:12:52 PB39/277Beat 86%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:24:31 PB77/324Beat 76%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:07311/824Beat 62%