Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Manchester 2026, Steven Hopkinson lost 4:28 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:07 slower, so 5:35 slower on the clock looks worse 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
5 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:24:24866/1035Beat 16%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Darren Bedford 6:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:14 faster for everyone: 6:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair4:18 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:14478/551Beat 13%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 4:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 4:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete5:35 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:39 PB2441/2779Beat 12%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Mixed1:18:5886/126Beat 32%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:20:06 PB844/1099Beat 23%