Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Emma Sykes pulled 4:40 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:26 quicker, so 10:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
481 days between Dublin 2024 and Glasgow 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:52 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:34:40139/279Beat 50%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 3:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:26 faster for everyone: 3:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This athlete1:46 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Women1:32:54 PB146/324Beat 55%
↑ 481 days after Dublin 2024 7:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:52 better than the field: 11:52 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete11:52 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Women1:19:12 PB285/857Beat 67%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024, with Natasha GILBODY 0:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:10 faster for everyone, so 0:35 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This pair2:45 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:44:46287/391Beat 27%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:21:57229/486Beat 53%