Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Stephen Downey kept pace with the field.
The clock says 4:58 faster, but the races themselves got 5:05 quicker for everyone.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:30 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:48578/1442Beat 60%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026 3:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:29 faster for everyone: 3:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 faster This athlete2:01 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:47 PB299/897Beat 67%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:12 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, so 0:18 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete2:12 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:06:57 PB108/824Beat 87%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:591278/2779Beat 54%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 3:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 3:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete4:47 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:48454/889Beat 49%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:12 PB349/1099Beat 68%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:461142/1917Beat 40%