Progress against the field
Dale Mercer has dropped 9:48 behind the field from Glasgow 2023 to Glasgow 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 12:27 quicker, so 2:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
502 days between Birmingham 2024 and Glasgow 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:57 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
13 races · 12 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:06:24298/476Beat 37%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:05:47 PB224/484Beat 54%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:58216/613Beat 65%
↑ 502 days after Birmingham 2024 3:57 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:10 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:57 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:12:32209/279Beat 25%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:16437/1010Beat 57%
↑ 190 days after Birmingham 2024, with Thomas Mckeever 2:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:56 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This pair0:04 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:04:15 PB131/984Beat 87%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:20317/875Beat 64%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:11728/1916Beat 62%
↑ 188 days after Berlin 2024 7:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:13 slower for everyone: 7:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:13 slower This athlete12:40 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:31 PB150/953Beat 84%
↑ 175 days after Dublin 2023 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 14:56 faster on the clock, against 14:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →14:54 faster This athlete14:56 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:14172/787Beat 78%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:27184/777Beat 76%
↑ 7 days after Birmingham 2023 2:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:19 faster: 2:57 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete2:19 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:46516/1182Beat 56%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 1:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 behind the field: 3:09 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete3:09 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:37432/974Beat 56%