Progress against the field
Between London 2022 and Malaga 2025, Paul Haggerstone pulled 0:44 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:02 quicker, so 8:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 741 days between London 2022 and London 2024, still ended 1:35 ahead of 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:58392/1159Beat 66%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Marion Haggerstone 4:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:46 behind the field: 4:21 slower on the clock, against 0:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:25 faster This pair4:21 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:08:36 PB297/484Beat 39%
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Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:47 PB14/351Beat 96%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:13:39216/279Beat 23%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:37301/1474Beat 80%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:55 PB133/156Beat 15%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:19 PB285/966Beat 71%
↑ 112 days after London 2024 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:45 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete2:54 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:13432/1637Beat 74%
↑ 741 days after London 2022 1:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:35 better than the field: 5:52 faster on the clock, against 4:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This athlete5:52 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:05302/865Beat 65%