Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Lauren Copeland pulled 3:54 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:03 quicker, so 13:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2025 → Glasgow 2025: 10:39 in 47 days.
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
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Women1:24:56172/341Beat 50%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025, with Megan Smith 4:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:24 behind the field: 3:45 slower on the clock, against 0:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:39 faster This pair3:45 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:30:56316/758Beat 58%
↑ 153 days after Birmingham 2025 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:23 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:23 faster This athlete4:10 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Women1:21:11 PB212/525Beat 60%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:35:06466/829Beat 44%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:37 behind the field: 4:59 slower on the clock, against 1:38 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This athlete4:59 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:30:07 PB642/1368Beat 53%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:15 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:31:22322/649Beat 50%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 10:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:39 better than the field: 13:31 faster on the clock, against 2:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete13:31 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Women1:44:53418/539Beat 22%