Progress against the field
Between Madrid 2024 and Manchester 2026, Jason Salmon lost 2:23 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:13 quicker, so 7:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 5:06 on the field in 145 days.
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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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:09253/813Beat 69%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Phil Shakesby 1:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 behind the field: 0:44 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair0:44 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:40 PB719/1463Beat 51%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:32 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:25 PB641/2102Beat 70%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:12835/1821Beat 54%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 5:06 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 better than the field: 7:42 faster on the clock, against 2:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete7:42 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:541015/1401Beat 28%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 3:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 behind the field: 2:46 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:46 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:21364/1010Beat 64%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:081000/1588Beat 37%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 1:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:51 faster for everyone, so 1:39 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete2:12 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:20455/688Beat 34%
↑ 34 days after Madrid 2024 2:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:13 faster for everyone, so 2:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete0:10 faster -
Madrid26 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:30634/1066Beat 41%