Progress against the field
Between Malaga 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Sam Bridges pulled 0:53 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:19 quicker, so 5:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 519 days between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:12 on 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:09 PB65/1442Beat 96%
↑ 519 days after Cardiff 2025 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:57 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:57 faster This athlete3:45 faster -
Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:09:36 PB130/512Beat 75%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:33 PB45/484Beat 91%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Olly Bridges 0:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 better than the field: 0:45 faster on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair0:45 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:1851/312Beat 84%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Olly Bridges 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:44 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:44 faster This pair1:44 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:0243/176Beat 76%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:5616/72Beat 78%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:54124/1401Beat 91%
↑ 70 days after Malaga 2025 2:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:27 faster: 2:05 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete1:27 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men59:39 PB85/1010Beat 92%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:21161/966Beat 83%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men59:4846/616Beat 93%