Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Manchester 2026, Richard Meldrum and Jennifer Meldrum got 3:37 faster than the field.
The clock says 12:18 faster, but the races themselves got 8:41 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Glasgow 2024 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 6:59 ahead of 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 Doubles Open · Mixed, with Jennifer Meldrum, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:34613/1452Beat 58%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025 3:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 behind the field: 1:44 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This athlete1:44 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:28542/824Beat 34%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025, with Jennifer Meldrum 5:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:18 behind the field: 2:33 slower on the clock, against 2:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair2:33 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:20:55 PB267/470Beat 43%
↑ 217 days after Birmingham 2024, with Jennifer Meldrum 1:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 better than the field: 5:26 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This pair5:26 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:50 PB630/1445Beat 56%
↑ 375 days after Glasgow 2024 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:57 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:35 faster for everyone, so 1:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:35 faster This athlete7:57 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:21306/494Beat 38%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024, with Jennifer Meldrum 6:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:59 better than the field: 9:25 faster on the clock, against 2:26 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This pair9:25 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:35:46662/850Beat 22%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:47923/1784Beat 48%