Progress against the field
Alex Sandham has dropped 6:33 behind the field from London 2023 to Manchester 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:38 quicker, so 1:05 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Manchester 2025 and Manchester 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:11 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
5 races · 5 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:19269/551Beat 51%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025 9:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:53 faster for everyone: 9:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:53 faster This athlete6:18 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:01 PB449/1191Beat 62%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 3:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:52 faster for everyone, so 3:19 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete7:11 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:25:12398/816Beat 51%
↑ 334 days after London 2023 0:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:53 faster for everyone, so 0:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:53 faster This athlete0:12 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:25:24893/1865Beat 52%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:26:07 PB188/229Beat 18%