Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, George Ponniah pulled 4:59 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:22 faster, but the races themselves got 1:23 quicker for everyone.
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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:20 PB492/1442Beat 66%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 4:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:22 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 4:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete6:22 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:45 PB232/396Beat 41%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:421545/2779Beat 44%