Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 14:13 on Mike Birtwhistle.
The clock says 11:20 slower, but the races themselves got 2:53 quicker for everyone.
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
2 races · 2 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:38815/1463Beat 44%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025 14:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:13 behind the field: 11:20 slower on the clock, against 2:53 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:53 faster This athlete11:20 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:18 PB343/1191Beat 71%