Progress against the field
From Berlin 2025 to Warsaw 2026, the field gained 0:30 on Nicholas Cowling.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 0:24 slower on the clock is close to the whole story.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 299 days between Berlin 2025 and Glasgow 2026, still ended 2:15 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 11 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:3059/476Beat 88%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Martin England 2:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 behind the field: 1:33 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This pair1:33 slower -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:5476/556Beat 86%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 2:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 behind the field: 0:25 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete0:25 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:01:29 PB16/206Beat 92%
↑ 299 days after Berlin 2025 2:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:01 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:14 slower for everyone: 2:15 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 slower This athlete0:01 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men54:57 PB20/263Beat 92%
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Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:019/555Beat 98%
↑ 210 days after Malaga 2025, with Rachael Helliwell 3:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 behind the field: 3:16 slower on the clock, against 0:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:35 faster This pair3:16 slower -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Pro · Men56:534/133Beat 97%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:01:3035/351Beat 90%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed58:45 PB16/693Beat 98%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Mixed53:563/71Beat 96%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:05:5720/208Beat 90%
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Milan19 Oct 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:01:348/128Beat 94%