Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Lewis Maitland-Knibb lost 5:30 to the field.
The clock says 2:00 faster, but the races themselves got 7:30 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from EMEA London Olympia 2026 → Malaga 2026: 2:57 in 23 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:51367/1442Beat 75%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 8:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:30 behind the field: 8:09 slower on the clock, against 0:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 faster This athlete8:09 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:42 PB118/1036Beat 89%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:57 better than the field: 4:14 faster on the clock, against 1:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete4:14 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:56427/958Beat 55%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:26 better than the field: 4:34 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete4:34 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:30416/1463Beat 72%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 0:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 better than the field: 2:53 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:03 PB229/2102Beat 89%
↑ 370 days after London 2024, with Tobin Denton 8:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:57 faster for everyone, so 8:09 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:57 faster This pair11:06 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:23536/1401Beat 62%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:15 slower on the clock, and the race was 3:15 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 slower This athlete3:15 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:08615/1851Beat 67%
↑ 56 days after Malaga 2025 1:37 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:20 faster for everyone, so 1:37 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete1:43 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:51368/966Beat 62%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:12:09450/984Beat 54%