Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2022 to Glasgow 2026, Mathew Houghton got 11:07 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:25 quicker, so 20:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 872 days between Birmingham 2023 and Glasgow 2026, still ended 20:00 ahead of the field.
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 · Men1:26:58 PB344/595Beat 42%
↑ 872 days after Birmingham 2023 20:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
25:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:31 faster for everyone, so 20:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:31 faster This athlete25:31 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:52:291057/1182Beat 11%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 18:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:23 behind the field: 20:09 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete20:09 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:20661/974Beat 32%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 9:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, so 9:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete15:10 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:47:30858/960Beat 11%