Progress against the field
Patrick Flanagan has gained 23:56 on the field from Glasgow 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 30:56 faster, but the races themselves got 7:00 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 4:00 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:06272/605Beat 55%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Luke Donovan 2:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 2:40 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair1:53 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:09 PB201/359Beat 44%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 4:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:00 better than the field: 5:29 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete5:29 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:13 PB127/396Beat 68%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:38403/642Beat 37%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 1:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 1:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete2:48 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:261050/1463Beat 28%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 behind the field: 4:17 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:17 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:091871/2779Beat 33%
↑ 63 days after Hamburg 2025 10:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:12 better than the field: 12:40 faster on the clock, against 2:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete12:40 faster -
Hamburg2 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:491160/1486Beat 22%
↑ 204 days after Glasgow 2025 14:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:04 faster for everyone, so 14:12 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 faster This athlete14:16 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:051503/1588Beat 5%