Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 5:23 on Adam Curtis and Mike Li-Rouse.
The clock says 2:14 slower, but the races themselves got 3:09 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:28 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 Mike Li-Rouse, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:00203/600Beat 66%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Mike Li-Rouse 3:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 behind the field: 2:36 slower on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair2:36 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:07 PB64/813Beat 92%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:24536/1815Beat 71%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Mike Li-Rouse 1:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair0:22 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:01 PB477/954Beat 50%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024, with Susie Curtis 0:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:48 better than the field: 4:42 faster on the clock, against 3:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This pair4:42 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:46233/563Beat 59%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:23 PB907/1917Beat 53%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 5:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 5:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete0:26 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:49637/1637Beat 61%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:43582/894Beat 35%