Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Tony Dow lost 3:00 to the field.
The clock says 7:18 faster, but the races themselves got 10:18 quicker for everyone.
362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:30 behind 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:43303/677Beat 55%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 12:08 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:08 behind the field: 8:24 slower on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete8:24 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:19 PB90/529Beat 83%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 10:55 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:07 slower for everyone and the clock still says 9:48 faster: 10:55 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete9:48 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:071278/2771Beat 54%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:43 better than the field: 7:45 faster on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete7:45 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:52967/1600Beat 40%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 6:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:51 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:39 faster for everyone: 6:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete1:51 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:01457/816Beat 44%