Progress against the field
Sam Knowles has dropped 3:13 behind the field from Oslo 2025 to Warsaw 2026.
The clock says 4:45 faster, but the races themselves got 7:58 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 2:11 on the field in 48 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
18 races · 16 events
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men59:48 PB47/556Beat 92%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 6:03 faster on the clock, against 6:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:03 faster This athlete6:03 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:5125/121Beat 79%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:11 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:49 slower for everyone, so this was 2:11 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete0:38 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:1376/462Beat 84%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:16 behind the field: 3:21 slower on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete3:21 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:0030/467Beat 94%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:5215/156Beat 90%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 0:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:41 faster on the clock, against 2:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete2:41 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men1:04:339/101Beat 91%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men51:38 PB1/563Beat 100%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men53:5416/1325Beat 99%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men56:1740/947Beat 96%
↑ 760 days after Glasgow 2023, with Adam Knowles 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:54 better than the field: 8:43 faster on the clock, against 3:49 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:49 faster This pair8:43 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men50:145/148Beat 97%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men59:4717/1191Beat 99%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 0:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:00:5020/1206Beat 98%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men59:0123/875Beat 97%
↑ 334 days after London 2023, with Drew Hamilton 3:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:33 behind the field: 2:30 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This pair2:30 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men59:03 PB12/953Beat 99%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2023 7:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:37 faster on the clock, yet the race was 13:10 faster for everyone, so 7:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →13:10 faster This athlete5:37 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men56:3123/1003Beat 98%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:00:3913/350Beat 96%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:04:4014/1182Beat 99%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:05:0091/343Beat 74%