Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Glasgow 2026, Emma Balfour got 5:35 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:04 quicker, so 8:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Individual Open · Women, 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 · Women1:38:35 PB631/1084Beat 42%
↑ 739 days after Glasgow 2024 5:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:04 faster for everyone, so 5:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This athlete8:39 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:35:01588/796Beat 26%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025, with Susanna Hawes 1:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:10 faster for everyone, so 1:56 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This pair5:06 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Women1:27:04556/1051Beat 47%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Women1:40:07752/857Beat 12%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:26:28 PB633/1150Beat 45%
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Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Women1:30:31395/657Beat 40%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Women1:47:14631/816Beat 23%