Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Lottie Staples lost 0:28 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:24 quicker, so 0:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:48:47 PB392/493Beat 21%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:24 faster for everyone, so 0:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:24 faster This athlete0:56 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:49:431334/1542Beat 14%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:34:28 PB874/956Beat 9%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025, with Dougal Ferguson 5:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:49 better than the field: 9:28 faster on the clock, against 3:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:39 faster This pair9:28 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:43:56689/733Beat 6%