Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Berlin 2025, Iain Cowie lost 12:16 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:40 quicker, so 1:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
10 races · 8 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:05:0724/119Beat 80%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:41 PB58/140Beat 59%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 0:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:17 better than the field: 0:34 faster on the clock, against 0:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:17 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:15187/462Beat 60%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:42114/1851Beat 94%
↑ 56 days after Malaga 2025 6:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:40 behind the field: 3:20 slower on the clock, against 3:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:20 faster This athlete3:20 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:01:22 PB20/966Beat 98%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025 0:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:42 better than the field: 2:46 faster on the clock, against 2:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete2:46 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:31 PB207/861Beat 76%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:0859/1588Beat 96%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 4:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete1:09 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:05:1751/1916Beat 97%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 0:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:06 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 0:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete4:06 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:09:2358/1182Beat 95%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 1:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:46 slower for everyone: 1:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete3:17 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:06:0657/974Beat 94%