Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Manchester 2026, Craig Armstrong kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:07 slower, so 1:02 slower on the clock looks worse 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
12 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:30:58 PB467/476Beat 2%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:08 PB13/460Beat 97%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Emily Craig 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 better than the field: 1:34 faster on the clock, against 1:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 faster This pair1:34 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed57:095/119Beat 96%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men59:18 PB51/917Beat 94%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:30:55668/824Beat 19%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:04158/529Beat 70%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:02 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:02 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:02 PB859/2779Beat 69%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:3274/312Beat 76%
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Cologne10 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:5429/142Beat 80%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Relay · Men56:1311/42Beat 74%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:4222/861Beat 97%
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KölnDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:03:0120/598Beat 97%