Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Malaga 2026, Ellis Fordham lost 1:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:22 quicker, so 4:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:53 PB320/474Beat 33%
↑ 176 days after Birmingham 2025 0:36 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:17 faster for everyone, so 0:36 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:17 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:341216/1821Beat 33%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 0:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:45 behind the field: 0:40 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete0:40 slower -
Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:15 PB174/328Beat 47%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:541390/1917Beat 28%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:31:55259/309Beat 16%
↑ 112 days after London 2024, with Stephanie Jaczniakowska-McGirr 0:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:34 faster for everyone, so 0:42 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:34 faster This pair5:16 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:11465/521Beat 11%