Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Alan Watters pulled 0:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 8:06 faster, but the races themselves got 7:45 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 4:17 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:50141/359Beat 61%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026 4:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:17 behind the field: 1:23 slower on the clock, against 2:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:54 faster This athlete1:23 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:27 PB436/1452Beat 70%
↑ 119 days after Dublin 2025 5:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:16 faster for everyone, so 5:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:16 faster This athlete5:19 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:46468/955Beat 51%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete4:10 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:56852/1401Beat 39%