Progress against the field
George Hailstone has dropped 8:33 behind the field from Manchester 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 14:52 faster, but the races themselves got 23:25 quicker for everyone.
454 days between Glasgow 2024 and Cardiff 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:10 better than 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
14 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:16243/1442Beat 83%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 2:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:42 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete1:13 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:06:12165/605Beat 73%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Alexander Coptcoat 5:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:27 behind the field: 4:35 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair4:35 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:28200/813Beat 75%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:03 PB69/642Beat 89%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 1:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete2:36 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:39294/1463Beat 80%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 0:58 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:39 faster for everyone, so 0:58 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete1:41 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:37 PB236/1815Beat 87%
↑ 215 days after London 2025, with Alexander Coptcoat 0:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:03 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This pair2:00 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:20362/1401Beat 74%
↑ 454 days after Glasgow 2024 2:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 better than the field: 7:02 faster on the clock, against 4:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:52 faster This athlete7:02 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:37199/1010Beat 80%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:22621/1784Beat 65%
↑ 97 days after London 2023 9:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:22 behind the field: 8:19 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete8:19 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:13:03236/1865Beat 87%
↑ 29 days after Dublin 2023 2:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:58 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:17 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:58 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:17:4479/777Beat 90%
↑ 7 days after Birmingham 2023 1:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 behind the field: 2:23 slower on the clock, against 0:38 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete2:23 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:21194/1182Beat 84%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 7:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:56 faster for everyone, so 7:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete10:47 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:08258/649Beat 60%
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RiminiDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:18:0664/206Beat 69%