Progress against the field
Between Rotterdam 2025 and Manchester 2026, Lee Burns lost 14:47 to the field.
The clock says 7:26 slower, but the races themselves got 7:21 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 236 days between Cardiff 2025 and Manchester 2026, cost 6:52 on 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:08 PB336/476Beat 29%
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:16:14 PB122/348Beat 65%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:1181/134Beat 40%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:37 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:37 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:10:07184/279Beat 34%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:08160/529Beat 70%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 6:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:39 faster for everyone: 6:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete4:13 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:48100/141Beat 29%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:55290/1401Beat 79%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 4:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 behind the field: 4:47 slower on the clock, against 0:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete4:47 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:08:08 PB34/534Beat 94%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025 3:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 better than the field: 5:52 faster on the clock, against 2:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete5:52 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:00388/1588Beat 76%
↑ 13 days after Rotterdam 2025 7:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:16 faster for everyone: 7:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete4:18 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:4235/600Beat 94%
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Poznan2 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:17 PB43/265Beat 84%