Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Glasgow 2026, the field gained 2:59 on Scott Houston.
The clock says 8:48 faster, but the races themselves got 11:47 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Glasgow 2026: 3:43 in 140 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 · Men1:21:30 PB644/1452Beat 56%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025 3:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:27 faster for everyone, so 3:43 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:27 faster This athlete6:10 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:401044/1821Beat 43%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 7:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:39 faster for everyone: 7:05 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete2:26 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:19 PB339/947Beat 64%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:14399/816Beat 51%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 0:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 0:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete5:04 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:30:18654/1182Beat 45%