Progress against the field
Sam Ward has gained 5:40 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to London Olympia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:35 quicker, so 15:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025, cost 16:26 on 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:06 PB436/1035Beat 58%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:28 PB165/716Beat 77%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 3:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 better than the field: 5:12 faster on the clock, against 1:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete5:12 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:401014/2771Beat 63%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 18:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:48 better than the field: 21:50 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete21:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:301470/1821Beat 19%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 16:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:39 faster for everyone: 16:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete11:47 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:43470/816Beat 42%