Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Glasgow 2026, the field gained 11:52 on Chris Meldrum.
The clock says 4:55 slower, but the races themselves got 6:57 quicker for everyone.
364 days between Glasgow 2025 and Glasgow 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 10:19 behind 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
7 races · 7 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:43:44499/613Beat 19%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 10:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:43 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:36 faster for everyone: 10:19 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete8:43 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:011221/1588Beat 23%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:33 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 1:33 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:491507/1916Beat 21%
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Malaga15 Apr 2023Individual Open · Men1:37:09337/405Beat 17%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:33:22 PB689/974Beat 29%
↑ 84 days after London 2022 4:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 better than the field: 10:20 faster on the clock, against 5:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:44 faster This athlete10:20 faster -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:43:42700/865Beat 19%
↑ 35 days after Birmingham 2022 5:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:17 behind the field: 4:01 slower on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete4:01 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:39:41751/960Beat 22%