Progress against the field
From Manchester 2023 to Birmingham 2024, the field gained 3:47 on Paul Ainscough.
The clock says 3:50 faster, but the races themselves got 7:37 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024, cost 11:54 on 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 Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:42 PB545/693Beat 21%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 1:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete0:47 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:19:39189/202Beat 6%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:29 PB979/2102Beat 53%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:49627/1177Beat 47%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:29:29117/137Beat 15%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:19:3258/63Beat 8%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025, with ian Moody 4:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 behind the field: 4:33 slower on the clock, against 0:24 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 slower This pair4:33 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:14:59123/143Beat 14%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:13:28 PB54/77Beat 30%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:311112/1916Beat 42%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 11:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:54 behind the field: 7:13 slower on the clock, against 4:41 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete7:13 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:21:18 PB366/1182Beat 69%
↑ 266 days after Manchester 2023 8:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:07 better than the field: 11:03 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete11:03 faster -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:21345/649Beat 47%