Progress against the field
From Cologne 2025 to Maastricht 2025, the field gained 1:29 on Brian Middleton.
The clock says 1:59 slower, but the races themselves got 0:30 slower for everyone.
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
12 races · 12 events
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:29:04305/399Beat 24%
↑ 177 days after Mechelen 2026 0:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 slower for everyone: 0:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 slower This athlete2:40 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:24 PB368/457Beat 20%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:55188/206Beat 9%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 3:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:25 behind the field: 1:48 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete1:48 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:54 PB156/398Beat 61%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:31:07120/137Beat 12%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:28146/584Beat 75%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 0:57 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:07 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:04 slower for everyone: 0:57 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 slower This athlete3:07 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:21 PB631/1851Beat 66%
↑ 36 days after Cologne 2025 2:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:34 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:34 faster This athlete1:08 faster -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:29296/1182Beat 75%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:54567/1588Beat 64%
↑ 18 days after Vienna 2025 1:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 behind the field: 1:15 slower on the clock, against 0:10 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 slower This athlete1:15 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:39612/1356Beat 55%
↑ 105 days after Manchester 2024 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:50 faster for everyone, so 2:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:50 faster This athlete5:00 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:39649/1206Beat 46%
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Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:25441/770Beat 43%