Progress against the field
From Manchester 2022 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 15:42 on Ross Bailey.
The clock says 3:12 slower, but the races themselves got 12:30 quicker for everyone.
1362 days between Manchester 2022 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 10:22 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
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:44409/677Beat 40%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 14:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:49 behind the field: 11:55 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete11:55 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men59:30 PB46/605Beat 92%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Richard Bailey 1:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 better than the field: 1:54 faster on the clock, against 0:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair1:54 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:2431/396Beat 92%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Richard Bailey 1:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:48 better than the field: 2:15 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair2:15 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:49 PB147/595Beat 75%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 9:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, so 9:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete11:56 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:39416/2102Beat 80%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:45277/523Beat 47%
↑ 1362 days after Manchester 2022 10:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:13 slower on the clock in a race that was 7:09 faster for everyone: 10:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:09 faster This athlete3:13 slower -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:32194/476Beat 59%