Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Ben Ritson pulled 5:20 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:17 quicker, so 12:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 4:20 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 · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:55 PB319/693Beat 54%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 1:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:45 better than the field: 5:28 faster on the clock, against 3:43 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:43 faster This athlete5:28 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:20:23132/193Beat 32%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:44 slower for everyone: 0:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:44 slower This athlete1:29 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:54102/156Beat 35%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 4:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 better than the field: 8:38 faster on the clock, against 4:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:18 faster This athlete8:38 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Pro · Men1:27:32146/208Beat 30%