Progress against the field
Richard Hetherington has dropped 0:28 behind the field from Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 10:29 faster, but the races themselves got 10:57 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 315 days between Glasgow 2025 and Manchester 2026, cost 4:26 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:59 PB171/646Beat 74%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 0:39 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:39 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete3:05 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:04172/529Beat 68%
↑ 315 days after Glasgow 2025 4:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:26 behind the field: 2:34 slower on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete2:34 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:30476/1445Beat 67%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 4:37 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:58 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, so 4:37 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete9:58 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:28405/816Beat 50%