Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 3:20 on Kevin Boyd.
Over the same races everyone got 2:37 quicker, so 0:43 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 2:41 ahead of 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 · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:33:56 PB447/560Beat 20%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:39166/693Beat 76%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 2:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:25 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 2:41 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete6:25 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:04218/529Beat 59%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 6:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:01 behind the field: 7:08 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete7:08 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:56 PB636/2771Beat 77%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:07:0386/148Beat 42%