Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2026, Darren Meikle lost 6:29 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:43 quicker, so 7:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 622 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2024, cost 6:35 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:41 PB101/1442Beat 93%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 2:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:54 faster for everyone, so 2:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:0078/613Beat 87%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:36 faster for everyone: 2:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete0:54 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:53 PB118/279Beat 58%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men58:0837/1177Beat 97%
↑ 193 days after Warsaw 2025, with Jackson Wood 0:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:14 faster for everyone: 0:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This pair0:25 slower -
Warsaw12 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men57:43 PB18/304Beat 94%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:58146/947Beat 85%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:06216/1588Beat 86%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 1:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete4:32 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:38360/1206Beat 70%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 1:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:55 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 1:19 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete2:55 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:33226/816Beat 72%
↑ 622 days after Glasgow 2023 6:35 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:57 faster for everyone: 6:35 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:57 faster This athlete4:38 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:12:55174/974Beat 82%