Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and Manchester 2026, Luke Barlow lost 1:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:12 quicker, so 6:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 405 days between Birmingham 2024 and London Excel 2025, cost 8:14 on 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
6 races · 6 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:33849/1463Beat 42%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 behind the field: 4:23 slower on the clock, against 1:07 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:23 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:101281/2771Beat 54%
↑ 405 days after Birmingham 2024 8:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 6:24 faster for everyone: 8:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete1:50 slower -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:18:38 PB781/1010Beat 23%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:20:20 PB660/1916Beat 66%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 1:00 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:00 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete3:41 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:24:01455/1182Beat 62%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 11:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 9:23 faster: 11:09 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete9:23 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:33:24690/974Beat 29%