Progress against the field
From London 2023 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 16:15 on Chris Whale.
The clock says 6:41 slower, but the races themselves got 9:34 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 369 days between London 2023 and London 2024, cost 10:13 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
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:26:35 PB497/600Beat 17%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:38:12567/652Beat 13%
↑ 183 days after London Olympia 2026, with Kate Butcher 1:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 behind the field: 1:14 slower on the clock, against 0:01 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This pair1:14 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:36:58 PB789/887Beat 11%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:30334/551Beat 39%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:12 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:55 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:12 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:55 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:351822/2771Beat 34%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 5:04 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:02 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:331035/1821Beat 43%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2025 4:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:58 faster: 4:36 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete3:58 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:31622/748Beat 17%
↑ 168 days after London 2024 5:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:04 faster This athlete0:18 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:491070/1637Beat 35%
↑ 369 days after London 2023 10:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:13 behind the field: 8:00 slower on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete8:00 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:23:49 PB804/1865Beat 57%