Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Martin Burgess pulled 15:02 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:40 quicker, so 20:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 347 days between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 8:06 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:02 PB435/693Beat 37%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 9:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:37 faster for everyone, so 9:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:37 faster This athlete9:50 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:30:52378/445Beat 15%
↑ 13 days after Glasgow 2026 5:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:41 faster for everyone: 5:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete3:51 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:27:01118/140Beat 16%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 better than the field: 4:34 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete4:34 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:31:35170/193Beat 12%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:14 behind the field: 6:03 slower on the clock, against 2:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete6:03 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:32354/467Beat 24%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, so 4:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete6:15 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:31:47127/141Beat 10%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 8:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:06 better than the field: 9:57 faster on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This athlete9:57 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:41:44138/147Beat 6%