Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Dave Bell pulled 3:28 ahead of the field.
The clock says 13:16 faster, but the races themselves got 9:48 quicker for everyone.
327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:18 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:23 PB19/677Beat 97%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, so 0:10 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete1:39 faster -
Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:12:17147/478Beat 69%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0228/716Beat 96%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 10:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:03 faster for everyone, so 10:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:03 faster This athlete15:39 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:25:11 PB1007/1474Beat 32%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:37208/467Beat 56%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 4:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 behind the field: 2:48 slower on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete2:48 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:41170/523Beat 68%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 7:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:16 faster for everyone: 7:18 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete4:02 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:10:49 PB26/112Beat 77%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:39321/1637Beat 80%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:21:5996/147Beat 35%