Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Ben Spilman lost 7:55 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:10 quicker, so 1:45 slower 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. The summary above covers Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
15 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:05:03115/693Beat 83%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 0:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men57:29 PB55/958Beat 94%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:26 PB13/53Beat 76%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:06:2630/141Beat 79%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 4:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:51 faster for everyone: 4:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete2:28 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:03:5810/147Beat 93%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:08 faster for everyone: 2:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete0:40 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:03:188/208Beat 96%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Pro · Men1:01:56 PB3/89Beat 97%
↑ 14 days after Manchester 2023 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:06 faster for everyone, so 0:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This athlete4:31 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Pro · Men1:06:275/97Beat 95%
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London19 Nov 2022Individual Pro · Men1:06:1515/99Beat 85%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Pro · Men1:06:435/119Beat 96%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2021 1:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:07 faster for everyone, so 1:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:07 faster This athlete7:41 faster -
Birmingham30 Oct 2021Individual Pro · Men1:14:2412/48Beat 75%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:04:5632/432Beat 93%