Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 7:24 on Richard Hipkiss.
Over the same races everyone got 1:06 quicker, so 6:18 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:03 better than 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:47:39186/193Beat 4%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:34 behind the field: 9:23 slower on the clock, against 2:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete9:23 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:38:16426/467Beat 9%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 7:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:53 behind the field: 5:58 slower on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete5:58 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:32:18 PB145/156Beat 7%
↑ 327 days after London 2024 7:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:00 faster for everyone, so 7:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:00 faster This athlete9:03 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:09 PB952/1445Beat 34%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 3:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 3:00 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete8:21 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:41:21160/182Beat 12%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:30588/816Beat 28%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 1:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:44 better than the field: 4:05 faster on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete4:05 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:39:351402/1784Beat 21%