Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Steve Golla lost 2:30 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:00 quicker, so 2:30 faster 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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:05403/693Beat 42%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 1:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 behind the field: 1:08 slower on the clock, against 0:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete1:08 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:57 PB244/445Beat 45%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:34286/467Beat 39%
↑ 314 days after Manchester 2025 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:00 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete3:01 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:35113/196Beat 42%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:00 PB116/688Beat 83%
↑ 405 days after Birmingham 2023 9:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:49 better than the field: 14:36 faster on the clock, against 4:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:47 faster This athlete14:36 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:36544/1182Beat 54%