Progress against the field
Simon Bowen has gained 7:03 on the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 16:43 quicker, so 23:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2023 → Glasgow 2024: 8:53 on the field in 133 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:25 PB221/1442Beat 85%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 0:40 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:29327/1463Beat 78%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:25 better than the field: 3:18 faster on the clock, against 2:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:53 faster This athlete3:18 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:47427/1191Beat 64%
↑ 328 days after Glasgow 2024 1:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:50 faster for everyone, so 1:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:50 faster This athlete4:15 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:19 PB333/894Beat 63%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:02603/1784Beat 66%
↑ 133 days after Birmingham 2023 8:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:53 better than the field: 13:09 faster on the clock, against 4:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:16 faster This athlete13:09 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:34:11759/1182Beat 36%