Progress against the field
Between Dublin 2024 and Manchester 2026, Russell Mottram lost 13:03 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:15 quicker, so 6:48 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 236 days between Cardiff 2025 and Manchester 2026, cost 10:51 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:02:4660/1159Beat 95%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Judith Mottram 3:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 behind the field: 1:30 slower on the clock, against 2:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair1:30 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:46207/551Beat 62%
↑ 236 days after Cardiff 2025 10:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:12 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:39 faster for everyone: 10:51 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete8:12 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:36 PB554/1815Beat 70%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:01:16 PB39/954Beat 96%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:3494/639Beat 85%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 2:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 2:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:11 PB175/1588Beat 89%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 0:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:41 better than the field: 3:47 faster on the clock, against 3:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete3:47 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:12:58212/1221Beat 83%