Progress against the field
Ben May has dropped 6:11 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 10:15 quicker, so 4:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 322 days between London 2024 and Valencia 2025, cost 9:36 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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Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:56272/343Beat 21%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:28596/2771Beat 79%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 3:26 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:54340/1018Beat 67%
↑ 322 days after London 2024 9:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:36 behind the field: 5:11 slower on the clock, against 4:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This athlete5:11 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:06:14 PB120/236Beat 49%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:43 PB220/1637Beat 87%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2024 3:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:40 faster for everyone, so 3:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete5:49 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:32489/1916Beat 75%
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Rotterdam6 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:49145/1380Beat 90%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:451362/1865Beat 27%