Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Lee Dovey lost 6:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:37 quicker, so 7:08 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:00 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
17 races · 15 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:20 PB17/677Beat 98%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 1:00 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:13 PB186/484Beat 62%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men56:5026/794Beat 97%
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Poznan13 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men54:1010/540Beat 98%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:4346/2771Beat 98%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:09:33 PB191/954Beat 80%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:2140/1821Beat 98%
↑ 215 days after Malaga 2025 0:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, so 0:29 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete0:17 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men55:1718/563Beat 97%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025, with Chris Marlow 2:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 behind the field: 1:13 slower on the clock, against 1:28 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair1:13 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Men56:0631/1325Beat 98%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:3830/966Beat 97%
↑ 56 days after Manchester 2025 0:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 0:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete1:56 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men54:04 PB14/947Beat 99%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024, with Chris Marlow 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:35 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 1:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This pair2:35 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3466/1191Beat 95%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 2:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:33 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:52 faster for everyone, so 2:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete1:33 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men56:399/719Beat 99%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:03:13104/875Beat 88%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:0770/1916Beat 96%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:21 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete2:21 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:28119/1784Beat 93%
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London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:11:11438/1003Beat 56%