Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Ross Crombie got 3:36 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 12:13 quicker, so 15:49 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 1:46 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:51 PB40/646Beat 94%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 1:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 better than the field: 4:40 faster on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete4:40 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:31226/1452Beat 84%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 1:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:21 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:20 slower for everyone: 1:41 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete1:21 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:52561/2779Beat 80%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:53 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:44 PB271/667Beat 59%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025, with David Crombie 1:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:07 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This pair1:00 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:45405/1821Beat 78%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 8:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:06 behind the field: 7:03 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete7:03 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:44501/947Beat 47%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:42132/1588Beat 92%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 5:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:29 better than the field: 8:43 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete8:43 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:25414/1191Beat 65%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 2:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 better than the field: 5:15 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete5:15 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:40292/688Beat 58%