Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Andrew Cooper pulled 9:37 ahead of the field.
The clock says 14:24 faster, but the races themselves got 4:47 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 4:07 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
8 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:15 PB291/1035Beat 72%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Elliott Donner 0:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:58 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair0:58 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:05219/693Beat 68%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 4:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:44 faster for everyone: 4:07 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete0:23 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:27:36 PB135/213Beat 37%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:42 PB472/1463Beat 68%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 13:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:44 better than the field: 14:47 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete14:47 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:04280/529Beat 47%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:13457/1815Beat 75%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Elliott Donner 1:14 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:51 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:14 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair0:37 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:50337/1099Beat 69%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:291032/1600Beat 36%