Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Nicola McGowan lost 1:42 to the field.
The clock says 5:41 faster, but the races themselves got 7:23 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 315 days between Glasgow 2025 and Manchester 2026, still ended 6:50 ahead of 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:35:32320/552Beat 42%
↑ 198 days after Malaga 2026 9:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:17 behind the field: 7:52 slower on the clock, against 1:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:25 faster This athlete7:52 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Women1:27:40 PB184/391Beat 53%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 0:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:54 faster for everyone, so 0:45 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:54 faster This athlete5:39 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:33:19406/825Beat 51%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025 6:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 better than the field: 7:54 faster on the clock, against 1:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This athlete7:54 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:45:18 PB1756/1887Beat 7%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:41:13582/830Beat 30%