Progress against the field
Sam Longstaff has dropped 7:23 behind the field from Glasgow 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 11:07 quicker, so 3:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
546 days between London 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 12:50 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
10 races · 10 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:02751/1442Beat 48%
↑ 546 days after London 2025 12:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:26 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:24 faster for everyone: 12:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:24 faster This athlete10:26 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:24 PB190/460Beat 59%
↑ 140 days after Birmingham 2025, with Caroline Gregory 1:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 better than the field: 2:18 faster on the clock, against 1:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:04 faster This pair2:18 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:42477/889Beat 46%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:36 PB594/1917Beat 69%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 0:23 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 0:23 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete1:44 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:20562/1445Beat 61%
↑ 18 days after Vienna 2025 1:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:10 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:10 slower for everyone: 1:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:10 slower This athlete1:10 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:10595/1356Beat 56%
↑ 120 days after Birmingham 2024 5:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:25 faster for everyone, so 5:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This athlete9:48 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:58416/816Beat 49%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 1:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 1:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete3:48 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:29:461062/1784Beat 41%
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Madrid23 Sep 2023Individual Open · Men1:29:07383/568Beat 33%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:55677/974Beat 31%