Progress against the field
Mel Bartley has dropped 5:13 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Manchester 2026.
The clock says 2:27 faster, but the races themselves got 7:40 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2024 → Manchester 2025: 3:17 on the field in 91 days.
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
9 races · 6 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:11:1485/500Beat 83%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Women1:22:4854/268Beat 80%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 9:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:03 behind the field: 7:28 slower on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete7:28 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:07:55 PB131/824Beat 84%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:05:44 PB22/1599Beat 99%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:14:1353/411Beat 87%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:20 PB61/748Beat 92%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 0:33 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:33 better than the field: 2:34 faster on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete2:34 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Women1:17:5470/539Beat 87%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 3:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 better than the field: 7:21 faster on the clock, against 4:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 faster This athlete7:21 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Women1:11:5327/145Beat 81%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Women1:25:15229/846Beat 73%