Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Glasgow 2026, Daniel Main pulled 2:24 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 9:38 quicker, so 12:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Dublin 2025: 2:53 in 21 days.
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
9 races · 7 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:19 PB114/500Beat 77%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Lyndsey Wilkinson 0:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:20 better than the field: 1:38 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair1:38 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:40 PB193/1452Beat 87%
↑ 104 days after Madrid 2025 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:39 faster for everyone, so 1:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete3:50 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:30279/1361Beat 80%
↑ 15 days after Dublin 2025 1:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:06 slower for everyone: 1:13 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 slower This athlete2:19 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:11162/898Beat 82%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:42 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 2:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete5:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:53441/1600Beat 72%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 0:34 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:29 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:34 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:29 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:57259/861Beat 70%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:22567/1445Beat 61%
↑ 760 days after Glasgow 2023 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 4:20 faster on the clock, against 4:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:13 faster This athlete4:20 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:37162/850Beat 81%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:21:42412/974Beat 58%