Progress against the field
Between Copenhagen 2024 and Rome 2026, Joshua Atherton pulled 10:32 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:18 quicker, so 18:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 314 days between Manchester 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 2:37 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
12 races · 10 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:47 PB115/535Beat 79%
↑ 245 days after Manchester 2026 1:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:15 faster for everyone, so 1:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:15 faster This athlete0:42 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men58:57 PB43/813Beat 95%
↑ 500 days after Manchester 2024, with Tom Sale 7:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:50 faster for everyone, so 7:37 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:50 faster This pair9:27 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:58461/824Beat 44%
↑ 70 days after Dublin 2025, with Jorgie Mchale-Ramsell 6:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:13 faster for everyone: 6:37 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 faster This pair6:24 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:14:25483/794Beat 39%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:29377/1463Beat 74%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:36 faster: 1:43 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:36 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:05791/2779Beat 72%
↑ 314 days after Manchester 2025 2:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:58 faster for everyone, so 2:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete6:35 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:34 PB182/594Beat 69%
↑ 383 days after Birmingham 2024, with Jorgie Mchale-Ramsell 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:04 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:31 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:04 faster This pair4:33 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:40572/1191Beat 52%
↑ 48 days after Stockholm 2024 2:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 behind the field: 1:35 slower on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete1:35 slower -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:05252/651Beat 61%
↑ 259 days after Copenhagen 2024 10:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:02 faster for everyone, so 10:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This athlete12:32 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:24294/719Beat 59%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:07437/894Beat 51%
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Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:37528/686Beat 23%