Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Samantha Bowie got 18:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:56 quicker, so 21:13 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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:29:02 PB214/545Beat 61%
↑ 598 days after Glasgow 2025 18:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:17 better than the field: 21:13 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete21:13 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Women1:22:12 PB143/276Beat 48%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026, with Dee Hobden 3:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, so 3:19 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This pair6:53 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Women1:29:0582/193Beat 58%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:50:15539/649Beat 17%