Progress against the field
David Gaffney has dropped 9:07 behind the field from London 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 3:50 slower, but the races themselves got 5:17 quicker for everyone.
221 days between EMEA London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:17 behind 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:44571/677Beat 16%
↑ 221 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 5:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 5:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This athlete4:30 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:14874/958Beat 9%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 13:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:02 behind the field: 11:39 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete11:39 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:35 PB1609/2779Beat 42%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 15:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:18 better than the field: 18:20 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete18:20 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:551339/1600Beat 16%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:06 behind the field: 6:01 slower on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete6:01 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:541603/1917Beat 16%