Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Manchester 2026, Joe Steele got 1:37 faster than the field.
The clock says 3:32 faster, but the races themselves got 1:55 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Manchester 2026: 4:25 on the field in 48 days.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:19 PB256/551Beat 54%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 4:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 4:25 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete3:18 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:371621/2771Beat 42%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 2:48 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:48 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:14 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:16364/667Beat 45%
↑ 383 days after Birmingham 2024, with Mark Burns 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:22 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:24 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This pair2:58 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:51851/1600Beat 47%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:16:14559/875Beat 36%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:10:59 PB202/441Beat 54%