Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 30:30 on Liam Richardson.
The clock says 22:37 slower, but the races themselves got 7:53 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 14:14 ahead of 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
14 races · 13 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:34:37513/693Beat 26%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 14:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:14 better than the field: 17:58 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete17:58 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:35488/551Beat 11%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 42:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
42:15 behind the field: 41:12 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete41:12 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:23 PB224/1600Beat 86%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 1:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:36 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:22 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete1:14 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:37277/1401Beat 80%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 1:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:07 behind the field: 0:37 slower on the clock, against 0:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete0:37 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:20190/1010Beat 81%
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London3 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:04:09 PB95/236Beat 60%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:00297/1588Beat 81%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:13:33112/148Beat 24%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:55 PB83/521Beat 84%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:02:1763/441Beat 86%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Relay · Mixed1:05:0210/57Beat 83%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men1:12:20200/343Beat 42%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Relay · Mixed1:04:023/50Beat 94%
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St. GallenDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:00:01 PB24/385Beat 94%