Progress against the field
From Manchester 2026 to Glasgow 2026, the field gained 1:44 on John Townsend.
The clock says 0:41 faster, but the races themselves got 2:25 quicker for everyone.
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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
17 races · 15 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:4216/339Beat 95%
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Cologne16 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:0111/526Beat 98%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:36 PB12/206Beat 94%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 1:44 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, so 1:44 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:41 faster -
Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men58:50 PB1/588Beat 100%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:178/121Beat 93%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:2313/276Beat 95%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:04 faster for everyone, so 0:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This athlete0:39 faster -
London3 May 2025Relay · Mixed1:24:43122/137Beat 11%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Relay · Men1:00:197/14Beat 50%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men53:12 PB4/704Beat 99%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:03:0216/206Beat 92%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:408/111Beat 93%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:32 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:32 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Pro · Men56:468/122Beat 93%
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Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men59:494/651Beat 99%
↑ 280 days after Glasgow 2024 0:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:57 better than the field: 4:03 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete4:03 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men54:50 PB5/83Beat 94%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:05:4618/208Beat 91%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:5224/1784Beat 99%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men1:00:03133/387Beat 66%