Progress against the field
Gemma Pestell and James Irwin have gained 2:41 on the field from Barcelona 2025 to London Olympia 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 4:46 quicker, so 7:27 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 223 days between Barcelona 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 5:26 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:47243/414Beat 41%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with James Irwin 2:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 behind the field: 1:08 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This pair1:08 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:39 PB738/1372Beat 46%
↑ 223 days after Barcelona 2025, with James Irwin 5:26 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:26 better than the field: 8:35 faster on the clock, against 3:09 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:09 faster This pair8:35 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:29:14654/774Beat 16%