Progress against the field
Alan Bayley has gained 3:51 on the field from Glasgow 2023 to Glasgow 2024.
Over the same races everyone got 2:30 quicker, so 6:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
252 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2023 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 16:01 behind 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
5 races · 5 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:14641/917Beat 30%
↑ 364 days after Glasgow 2025, with Grant Campbell 10:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:42 faster for everyone: 10:41 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This pair9:59 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:15 PB488/947Beat 49%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:53 PB1098/1784Beat 39%
↑ 133 days after Birmingham 2023 19:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:52 better than the field: 24:08 faster on the clock, against 4:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete24:08 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:55:011078/1182Beat 9%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 16:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:47 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:46 slower for everyone: 16:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete17:47 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:37:14748/974Beat 23%