Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Manchester 2026, James Abdous lost 1:18 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:11 quicker, so 3:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 314 days between Manchester 2025 and London Excel 2025, cost 4:03 on 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 · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:27 PB72/476Beat 85%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Tom Hesketh 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:25 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This pair1:56 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:04 PB51/824Beat 94%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:04 PB16/529Beat 97%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:34 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:27 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 2:34 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:27 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:31140/2779Beat 95%
↑ 314 days after Manchester 2025 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:05 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:58 faster for everyone: 4:03 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:58 faster This athlete0:05 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:2339/176Beat 78%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:2663/1191Beat 95%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 0:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone, so 0:11 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:06:5786/1637Beat 95%