Progress against the field
Tom Macpherson has dropped 1:43 behind the field from London 2024 to Manchester 2026.
The clock says 4:09 faster, but the races themselves got 5:52 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Birmingham 2025 → Manchester 2026: 5:01 on the field in 91 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
5 races · 5 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:18 PB369/1463Beat 75%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 5:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:01 better than the field: 6:04 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete6:04 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:22727/1821Beat 60%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 4:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:05 faster for everyone: 4:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:49 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:33588/1917Beat 69%
↑ 43 days after Malaga 2025 0:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:38 better than the field: 1:37 faster on the clock, against 0:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:59 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:10376/966Beat 61%
↑ 112 days after London 2024 2:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:45 faster for everyone, so 2:28 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete1:17 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:27490/1637Beat 70%