Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Manchester 2026, Marcus Lake got 11:35 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:54 quicker, so 16:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Manchester 2024 → Glasgow 2025: 12:05 on the field in 123 days.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:29 PB19/529Beat 96%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025 0:30 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:22 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:52 faster for everyone, so 0:30 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete1:22 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:12:37 PB60/137Beat 56%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:5169/1588Beat 96%
↑ 123 days after Manchester 2024 12:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:07 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 12:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete15:07 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:08:34 PB45/521Beat 91%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:19:58587/1206Beat 51%