Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Manchester 2026, James Paddock kept pace with the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:55 quicker, so 2:02 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · Men1:23:53748/1463Beat 49%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:23 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 0:23 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete0:44 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:09 PB1423/2779Beat 49%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:16 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:16 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:46 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:55957/1821Beat 47%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:07:42 PB257/563Beat 54%
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Birmingham30 Oct 2021Doubles Open · Men1:11:5832/75Beat 57%