Progress against the field
From Oslo 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Bill Downey has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 3:48 quicker, so 3:58 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:09 PB378/1442Beat 74%
↑ 35 days after Oslo 2026 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 3:58 faster on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This athlete3:58 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:07282/871Beat 68%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:39 PB50/585Beat 92%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:05432/813Beat 47%