Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Manchester 2026, Laura Whelan got 1:45 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:19 slower, so 0:26 faster on the clock looks worse than it was.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:24:27 PB28/76Beat 63%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:26 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:19 slower for everyone: 1:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:19 slower This athlete0:26 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Women1:24:5354/138Beat 61%
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Manchester29 Jan 2022Doubles Open · Mixed1:13:45 PB31/102Beat 70%