Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Helen Dawson lost 8:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:12 quicker, so 7:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
374 days between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:54 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.
Every race
10 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Women1:19:4478/545Beat 86%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 9:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:14 faster for everyone: 9:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete5:40 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:05:32 PB2/30Beat 93%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Women1:34:15 PB1241/1599Beat 22%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Women1:22:19 PB122/315Beat 61%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:14:0448/748Beat 94%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete1:00 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:0428/450Beat 94%
↑ 146 days after London 2025 4:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:19 faster for everyone: 4:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:19 faster This athlete1:52 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Women1:13:12 PB85/1368Beat 94%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 1:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 better than the field: 2:23 faster on the clock, against 1:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:10 faster This athlete2:23 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:15:3588/830Beat 89%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 1:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:54 faster for everyone, so 1:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete5:10 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:20:45140/590Beat 76%
↑ 20 days after Manchester 2024 5:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:46 faster for everyone, so 5:04 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 faster This athlete6:50 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:27:35124/285Beat 57%