Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Manchester 2026, Daniel Baker pulled 4:34 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:08 quicker, so 5:42 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 6:05 in 172 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:36:11 PB572/605Beat 6%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:2933/529Beat 94%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 1:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 behind the field: 0:28 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete0:28 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:01 PB70/1600Beat 96%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 6:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:05 faster for everyone, so 6:05 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete6:10 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:11349/1917Beat 82%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:21:05140/148Beat 5%