Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Phil Ellison got 0:59 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:08 quicker, so 10:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 3:15 on the field in 48 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men58:57 PB5/693Beat 99%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 0:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:54 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete2:58 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:557/595Beat 99%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 2:02 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:25 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:02 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete0:23 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:1811/551Beat 98%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:08 faster: 3:15 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:08 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:26112/2771Beat 96%
↑ 390 days after Manchester 2024 0:18 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:56 faster for everyone, so 0:18 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:56 faster This athlete4:38 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:04184/1206Beat 85%