Progress against the field
From Rome 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Joe Jones got 6:50 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:16 quicker, so 11:06 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
283 days between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:33 behind 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 · Men1:23:32664/1442Beat 54%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 5:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:44 faster for everyone: 5:33 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete1:49 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:43 PB686/1463Beat 53%
↑ 117 days after Rome 2025 12:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:23 better than the field: 12:55 faster on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete12:55 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:381065/1367Beat 22%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:38 PB192/470Beat 59%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:45 PB502/947Beat 47%