Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, Alan Campbell got 1:05 faster than the field.
The clock says 10:31 faster, but the races themselves got 9:26 quicker for everyone.
362 days between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:59 better than 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:30179/693Beat 74%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 3:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:50 behind the field: 0:06 slower on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete0:06 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:24 PB410/1463Beat 72%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 0:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:03 faster for everyone, so 0:56 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:59 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:16958/2102Beat 54%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025, with Gareth Sheridan 3:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:14 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:39 faster for everyone: 3:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This pair1:14 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:23533/1821Beat 71%
↑ 362 days after Birmingham 2024 3:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:39 faster for everyone, so 3:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:39 faster This athlete8:38 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:02 PB169/527Beat 68%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:41310/781Beat 60%
↑ 161 days after Dublin 2024, with James Barry 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:22 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 slower This pair0:22 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:19280/638Beat 56%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:26:01417/816Beat 49%