Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Glasgow 2026, Rio Paul got 11:16 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 0:56 quicker, so 12:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Oslo 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 6:30 in 166 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
4 races · 4 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:36 PB140/595Beat 77%
↑ 166 days after Oslo 2025 6:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:30 better than the field: 6:44 faster on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete6:44 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:44 PB329/1099Beat 70%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:20147/319Beat 54%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 4:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 4:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete5:28 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:48396/639Beat 38%