Progress against the field
From London 2024 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 0:42 on Tom Hesketh.
Over the same races everyone got 5:15 quicker, so 4:33 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:27 PB72/476Beat 85%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with James Abdous 0:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:56 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 0:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This pair1:56 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:04:33 PB192/794Beat 76%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:30 PB21/551Beat 96%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:15 faster: 0:29 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete0:15 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men59:2339/176Beat 78%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:4597/1917Beat 95%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:29 faster for everyone, so 1:11 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:29 faster This athlete4:18 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:0369/688Beat 90%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:29:31669/1145Beat 42%