Progress against the field
Nikesh Patel has gained 12:31 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:25 quicker, so 19:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:53 behind 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
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:08:56 PB332/476Beat 30%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Razvan Farcas 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:20 faster on the clock, against 0:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This pair0:20 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:19326/677Beat 52%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 1:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 behind the field: 0:24 slower on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete0:24 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:09:16310/484Beat 36%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:55 PB269/642Beat 58%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 better than the field: 4:46 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete4:46 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:11:28216/312Beat 31%
↑ 215 days after London 2025, with Asad Husain 0:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:02 faster for everyone, so 0:54 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This pair2:56 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:411626/2771Beat 41%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 11:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:32 better than the field: 15:34 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete15:34 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:15565/639Beat 12%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:14:24191/236Beat 19%
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Paris 118 Apr 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:16:20361/438Beat 18%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:16:1574/91Beat 19%