Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Manchester 2026, Luke Thomas got 29:57 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:57 quicker, so 33:54 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between London 2024 and London Excel 2025, still ended 50:40 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:13196/384Beat 49%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:0946/404Beat 89%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025, with Jordan Rice 1:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 slower for everyone: 1:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 slower This pair2:02 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:33366/529Beat 31%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 20:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
21:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 20:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete21:50 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:43 PB623/2779Beat 78%
↑ 370 days after London 2024 50:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
55:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:04 faster for everyone, so 50:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This athlete55:44 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:02:07 PB122/563Beat 78%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:08:27676/688Beat 2%
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Valencia28 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:14:53178/306Beat 42%