Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Manchester 2026, Tom Oliver lost 7:08 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:52 quicker, so 1:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2024 → Glasgow 2025: 3:07 in 103 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
9 races · 9 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:54568/1463Beat 61%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete1:50 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:04949/2779Beat 66%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 3:40 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:40 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:26484/1821Beat 73%
↑ 145 days after Cardiff 2025 4:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:36 faster for everyone: 4:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:36 faster This athlete2:00 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:26370/1401Beat 74%
↑ 79 days after Glasgow 2025 1:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:46 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:30 faster for everyone: 1:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:30 faster This athlete0:46 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:40 PB391/1445Beat 73%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:07 better than the field: 6:58 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete6:58 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:38581/1637Beat 65%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Doubles Pro · Men1:01:53 PB17/122Beat 86%
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Glasgow11 Feb 2023Doubles Open · Men57:05 PB11/343Beat 97%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:00:4769/250Beat 72%