Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Will Richards pulled 9:22 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:54 quicker, so 11:16 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:15:12 PB188/586Beat 68%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:14234/429Beat 46%
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:00 PB131/959Beat 86%
↑ 98 days after Osaka 2026, with Dan Billig 2:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:20 faster for everyone, so 2:49 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:20 faster This pair1:31 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:15 PB109/177Beat 38%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 9:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:22 better than the field: 11:16 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete11:16 faster -
Osaka30 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:31132/748Beat 82%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:312437/2779Beat 12%