Progress against the field
alex johnson has gained 20:45 on the field from Barcelona 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 9:57 quicker, so 30:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:33 PB149/1442Beat 90%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 1:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:47 better than the field: 4:41 faster on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete4:41 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:14104/595Beat 83%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 18:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:36 better than the field: 21:01 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete21:01 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:33:151044/1463Beat 29%
↑ 117 days after Rome 2025 13:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:32 faster for everyone: 13:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete12:40 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:31 PB341/1815Beat 81%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025, with Jack Machin 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 2:07 faster on the clock, against 1:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:51 faster This pair2:07 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:38325/1099Beat 70%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:35623/1367Beat 54%
↑ 154 days after Barcelona 2025 13:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:40 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:06 faster for everyone, so 13:34 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:06 faster This athlete17:40 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:15654/795Beat 18%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Relay · Men1:04:4810/40Beat 75%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:47:14 PB181/194Beat 7%