Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2023 and Birmingham 2026, Richard Rainford lost 17:39 to the field.
The clock says 5:56 faster, but the races themselves got 23:35 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024, cost 3:06 on 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
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:4635/677Beat 95%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 behind the field: 1:32 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete1:32 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:1428/1036Beat 97%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 5:59 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:01 faster for everyone, so 5:59 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete0:02 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:1636/1463Beat 98%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 better than the field: 1:59 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:59 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:1558/1600Beat 96%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 behind the field: 3:43 slower on the clock, against 1:56 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete3:43 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:32 PB12/768Beat 98%
↑ 169 days after Birmingham 2024 7:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 10:29 faster for everyone, so 7:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →10:29 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:4236/1916Beat 98%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 3:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 3:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete1:35 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:05:1720/1182Beat 98%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 1:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 better than the field: 4:25 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete4:25 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:09:4232/649Beat 95%