Progress against the field
Brad Dowdall has gained 7:36 on the field from London 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 10:01 faster, but the races themselves got 2:25 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 325 days between London 2025 and London Olympia 2026, still ended 8:04 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:41 PB30/1442Beat 98%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 0:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:29 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete1:01 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:4213/897Beat 99%
↑ 325 days after London 2025 8:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, so 8:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete9:00 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men53:3010/120Beat 92%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:42326/1917Beat 83%