Progress against the field
Marcus Coyle has gained 8:05 on the field from Oslo 2025 to Glasgow 2026.
The clock says 11:33 faster, but the races themselves got 3:28 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Oslo 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 10:05 on the field in 26 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:32 PB481/1452Beat 67%
↑ 97 days after London Excel 2025 3:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:20 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:43 faster: 3:03 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 slower This athlete2:43 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:151223/2779Beat 56%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:02 faster for everyone: 5:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:01 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:14492/1600Beat 69%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 10:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:05 better than the field: 10:51 faster on the clock, against 0:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete10:51 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:05572/935Beat 39%
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Doha11 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:08183/272Beat 33%