Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Olympia 2026, the field gained 1:49 on Mark Owens.
The clock says 6:36 faster, but the races themselves got 8:25 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 5:49 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:34522/716Beat 27%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 8:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:11 better than the field: 12:17 faster on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete12:17 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:51461/551Beat 16%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 15:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 15:49 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete14:46 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:05 PB1018/1600Beat 36%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 5:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 5:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete9:05 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:40:10583/688Beat 15%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:32:06758/1003Beat 24%