Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2022 to London 2024, Ed Emmett got 0:39 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:56 quicker, so 5:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:55 PB48/476Beat 90%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Steve Hands 1:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:26 faster for everyone, so 1:38 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:26 faster This pair2:04 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Men52:283/79Beat 96%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:5955/484Beat 89%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:05:27 PB80/462Beat 83%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Men53:395/54Beat 91%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men57:2434/236Beat 86%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:01:0214/1637Beat 99%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024 0:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
No different on the clock in a race that was 0:19 faster for everyone: 0:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:19 faster This athleteno different -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:01:02 PB23/1206Beat 98%
↑ 756 days after Birmingham 2022 0:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:37 faster for everyone, so 0:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:37 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Relay · Men51:142/33Beat 94%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:06:3727/960Beat 97%