Progress against the field
Craig Thornton has gained 5:41 on the field from Manchester 2026 to London Olympia 2026.
The clock says 9:47 faster, but the races themselves got 4:06 quicker for everyone.
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
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:39341/586Beat 42%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Kathryn Thornton 2:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 better than the field: 4:43 faster on the clock, against 2:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair4:43 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:03 PB305/716Beat 57%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 5:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 better than the field: 9:47 faster on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete9:47 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:27 PB239/460Beat 48%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:50336/529Beat 37%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:27:38 PB1635/1815Beat 10%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:22240/312Beat 23%