Progress against the field
ALAN KING has gained 8:08 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 12:37 quicker, so 20:45 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
Ahead of the field in 3 of 4 comparisons.
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
12 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:10 PB66/1442Beat 95%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 4:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:54 faster for everyone, so 4:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete7:44 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:01:0816/119Beat 87%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:17 PB74/1198Beat 94%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:5489/613Beat 86%
↑ 83 days after Stockholm 2025 1:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, so 1:50 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete2:46 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:04:53 PB118/279Beat 58%
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Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:40310/1315Beat 76%
↑ 250 days after Warsaw 2025 1:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 behind the field: 3:12 slower on the clock, against 1:42 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 slower This athlete3:12 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:20 PB103/1177Beat 91%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Relay · Mixed1:00:028/34Beat 77%
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Gdansk12 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:4015/279Beat 95%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:28150/768Beat 81%
↑ 169 days after Birmingham 2024 2:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 better than the field: 13:27 faster on the clock, against 10:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →10:29 faster This athlete13:27 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:07535/1105Beat 52%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:55389/816Beat 52%