Progress against the field
Paul Rhodes and James Banks have dropped 1:07 behind the field from Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:05 quicker, so 1:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
221 days between London Olympia 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:27 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 Doubles Open · Men, with James Banks, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:04207/312Beat 34%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with James Banks 1:27 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:47 faster for everyone: 1:27 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair0:40 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:24 PB227/396Beat 43%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with James Banks 3:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 better than the field: 4:08 faster on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair4:08 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:24:02 PB262/279Beat 6%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:19:321599/2102Beat 24%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with James Banks 3:21 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:51 faster for everyone: 3:21 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair1:30 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:02824/1177Beat 30%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:20251/319Beat 21%
↑ 169 days after Cologne 2025 10:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:03 behind the field: 8:03 slower on the clock, against 2:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete8:03 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:17 PB329/494Beat 33%