Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Grant Payne kept pace with the field.
The clock says 10:20 faster, but the races themselves got 10:20 quicker for everyone.
427 days between Glasgow 2024 and London 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:07 behind 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:52 PB100/677Beat 85%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 4:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:11 better than the field: 5:40 faster on the clock, against 1:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete5:40 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:3236/219Beat 84%
↑ 325 days after London 2025 1:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 faster for everyone: 1:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete0:08 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:24516/1917Beat 73%
↑ 427 days after Glasgow 2024 3:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:55 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:07 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:55 faster This athlete4:48 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:12529/1784Beat 70%