Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, John Whiteford and Ryan Paxton pulled 11:55 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:34 quicker, so 15:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 234 days between Glasgow 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 7:41 ahead of 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.
Every race
4 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:12:40 PB176/312Beat 44%
↑ 234 days after Glasgow 2026, with Ryan Paxton 7:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:41 better than the field: 10:20 faster on the clock, against 2:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This pair10:20 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:30:59831/917Beat 9%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:00177/243Beat 27%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025, with Ryan Paxton 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:14 better than the field: 5:09 faster on the clock, against 0:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:55 faster This pair5:09 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:28:091062/1177Beat 10%