Progress against the field
John Hayes has gained 0:33 on the field from Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:38 quicker, so 7:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 23:26 better than 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:43 PB560/677Beat 17%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 23:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
23:26 better than the field: 24:55 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete24:55 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men2:04:38693/716Beat 3%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 15:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:47 behind the field: 11:41 slower on the clock, against 4:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete11:41 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:57474/529Beat 10%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 7:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 7:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete6:03 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:541590/1821Beat 13%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:55:201485/1600Beat 7%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:44:24 PB448/494Beat 9%
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Birmingham30 Oct 2021Individual Open · Men2:23:00177/178Beat 1%