Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and Glasgow 2026, Luke Mears lost 7:54 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:47 quicker, so 5:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
630 days between Manchester 2022 and Birmingham 2023 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:39 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
6 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:38941/1452Beat 35%
↑ 502 days after Birmingham 2024 11:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:10 faster for everyone: 11:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:10 faster This athlete5:51 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:24:47 PB384/816Beat 53%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:09 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 1:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete6:09 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:30:56665/1182Beat 44%
↑ 630 days after Manchester 2022 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:39 better than the field: 5:35 faster on the clock, against 3:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:56 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:36:31354/476Beat 26%