Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Glasgow 2026, Derek Cree pulled 1:44 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:28 quicker, so 5:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Manchester 2026 → Glasgow 2026: 5:40 on the field in 49 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 · 3 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men1:09:3633/58Beat 43%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:08:15 PB304/917Beat 67%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:12 PB115/595Beat 81%
↑ 49 days after Manchester 2026 5:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 better than the field: 8:05 faster on the clock, against 2:25 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:25 faster This athlete8:05 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:17669/1463Beat 54%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 3:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:53 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 3:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete2:53 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:24603/1821Beat 67%