Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and Glasgow 2026, Ben Cooling pulled 1:26 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:58 quicker, so 8:24 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 1103 days between Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2025, cost 4:47 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
3 races · 3 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:35 PB210/613Beat 66%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 6:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:13 better than the field: 8:40 faster on the clock, against 2:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete8:40 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:15901/1600Beat 44%
↑ 1103 days after Birmingham 2022 4:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:47 behind the field: 0:16 slower on the clock, against 4:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:31 faster This athlete0:16 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:27:59527/960Beat 45%