Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 8:58 on Neil Cole.
The clock says 4:44 faster, but the races themselves got 13:42 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 193 days between Warsaw 2025 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 1:58 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
5 races · 5 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:20148/177Beat 16%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 5:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:06 faster for everyone: 5:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete1:48 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:321235/1463Beat 16%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 5:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 5:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:47 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:45 PB1435/1821Beat 21%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025 1:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:02 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:56 slower for everyone: 1:58 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:56 slower This athlete0:02 faster -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:47576/715Beat 19%
↑ 169 days after Birmingham 2024 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 11:17 faster on the clock, against 10:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:29 faster This athlete11:17 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:50:041753/1916Beat 9%