Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Jake Varden lost 5:17 to the field.
The clock says 2:40 slower, but the races themselves got 2:37 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, cost 3:13 on 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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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:43280/1442Beat 81%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 3:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:13 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete0:31 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:14318/1463Beat 78%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 2:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:04 behind the field: 3:11 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete3:11 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:03 PB380/2771Beat 86%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:06 PB255/947Beat 73%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:31 PB337/894Beat 62%