Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Stuart Russell pulled 5:44 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:21 quicker, so 11:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:36 better than 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:44 PB94/693Beat 86%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 2:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:30 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:54 faster for everyone, so 2:36 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete5:30 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:14424/1452Beat 71%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 3:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, so 3:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:49785/1821Beat 57%