Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 14:04 on Dave Hechle.
Over the same races everyone got 17:08 quicker, so 3:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 370 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 1:22 ahead of 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 · Men1:23:50677/1442Beat 53%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 1:17 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:44 faster for everyone, so 1:17 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:17840/1463Beat 43%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 2:34 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 2:34 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete1:31 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:46762/1600Beat 52%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024 13:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:26 faster for everyone: 13:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:26 faster This athlete10:22 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:24 PB350/1206Beat 71%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 2:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 better than the field: 6:27 faster on the clock, against 4:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete6:27 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:51700/1916Beat 64%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:03 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 1:22 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete6:03 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:26:54559/1182Beat 53%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:16:47 PB118/229Beat 49%
↑ 105 days after Birmingham 2022, with Andy Kane 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:58 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:13 faster: 1:11 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 slower This pair0:13 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:17:00245/358Beat 32%