Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Excel 2025, the field gained 1:16 on Sarah Long.
Over the same races everyone got 7:00 quicker, so 5:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 267 days between Glasgow 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 2:52 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Women, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Relay · Women1:06:5212/87Beat 86%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Women1:31:06 PB194/280Beat 31%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 4:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 4:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:22 faster This athlete1:13 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Women1:32:1991/146Beat 38%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:20:56 PB381/1542Beat 75%
↑ 267 days after Glasgow 2025 2:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 better than the field: 5:58 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete5:58 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Women1:26:54254/649Beat 61%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 4:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:54 faster for everyone: 4:08 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete0:14 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:26:40235/590Beat 60%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Women1:18:04 PB160/560Beat 71%