Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Alan Anderson lost 4:37 to the field.
The clock says 2:08 faster, but the races themselves got 6:45 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Warsaw 2026 → Oslo 2026: 3:06 in 163 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:30 PB440/677Beat 35%
↑ 35 days after Oslo 2026 2:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, so 2:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This athlete1:03 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:33541/871Beat 38%
↑ 163 days after Warsaw 2026 3:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 3:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete1:51 faster -
Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:24395/555Beat 29%
↑ 36 days after Glasgow 2026 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:12 faster for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:12 faster This athlete0:46 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:03:5622/119Beat 82%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:38385/595Beat 35%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:40163/236Beat 31%
↑ 31 days after Manchester 2026 1:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:16 faster for everyone, so 1:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete5:58 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:38402/551Beat 27%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 5:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:34 behind the field: 6:41 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete6:41 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:571886/2771Beat 32%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:26 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:28 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:251125/1600Beat 30%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 45:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
46:49 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 45:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete46:49 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:21:141571/1588Beat 1%