Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Manchester 2026, Matthew Armitage got 18:40 faster than the field.
The clock says 29:03 faster, but the races themselves got 10:23 quicker for everyone.
370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:26 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
4 races · 4 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:46220/551Beat 60%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 2:12 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:09 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:37 PB689/1821Beat 62%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 24:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
24:18 better than the field: 28:57 faster on the clock, against 4:39 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete28:57 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:48:341723/1916Beat 10%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 3:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete1:15 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:491028/1182Beat 13%