Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Manchester 2026, Gareth Cook got 12:13 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:39 quicker, so 14:52 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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:19114/917Beat 88%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:22 PB933/1198Beat 22%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Dianne Crawford 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:41 better than the field: 3:59 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair3:59 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:51 PB195/551Beat 65%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 12:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:13 better than the field: 14:52 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete14:52 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:00:26 PB193/2102Beat 91%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:431086/1401Beat 23%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:21747/841Beat 11%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:23292/616Beat 53%