Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and EMEA London Olympia 2026, Richard Branson lost 38:21 to the field.
The clock says 35:16 slower, but the races themselves got 3:05 quicker for everyone.
215 days between London 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:00 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 5 events
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:03:39946/958Beat 1%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 37:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
37:21 behind the field: 35:58 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete35:58 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:041025/1815Beat 44%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Phill Steele 3:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:56 behind the field: 1:39 slower on the clock, against 2:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair1:39 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:41 PB1699/2771Beat 39%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete0:42 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:25 PB342/563Beat 39%
↑ 202 days after Manchester 2024, with Phill Steele 0:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 better than the field: 4:36 faster on the clock, against 4:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:24 faster This pair4:36 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:231283/1917Beat 33%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:01516/719Beat 28%