Progress against the field
Between Barcelona 2025 and London Olympia 2026, Ross Blezard and Alen Francis pulled 3:55 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:30 faster, but the races themselves got 6:35 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 223 days between Barcelona 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 6:56 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
6 races · 6 events
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:31473/813Beat 42%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026, with Alen Francis 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 better than the field: 5:12 faster on the clock, against 3:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This pair5:12 faster -
Istanbul 113 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:42 PB276/609Beat 55%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:43269/404Beat 33%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025, with Alen Francis 4:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 behind the field: 5:55 slower on the clock, against 1:15 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This pair5:55 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:48 PB1314/2102Beat 38%
↑ 223 days after Barcelona 2025, with Alen Francis 6:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:13 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:17 faster for everyone, so 6:56 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →4:17 faster This pair11:13 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:51:361452/1600Beat 9%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:26:01676/781Beat 13%