Progress against the field
Ian Barstow has gained 14:41 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:32 quicker, so 21:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 7:25 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
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:12 PB215/359Beat 40%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 7:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, so 7:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete8:54 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:06538/716Beat 25%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 7:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:03 faster for everyone, so 7:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:03 faster This athlete12:19 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:47:251394/1600Beat 13%