Progress against the field
Craig Cowan has gained 0:16 on the field from Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 9:42 faster, but the races themselves got 9:26 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 1:26 on 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
11 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men59:44 PB124/476Beat 74%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:05 PB63/646Beat 90%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 1:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete1:28 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:3360/613Beat 90%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 2:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete0:18 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · MenDNF—
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men59:48 PB49/777Beat 94%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:5166/523Beat 87%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 3:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:51 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 3:48 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:51 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:28291/704Beat 59%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:39241/947Beat 75%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:42430/1445Beat 70%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:47474/1206Beat 61%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:31:00722/787Beat 8%