Progress against the field
Stuart Watson has gained 29:18 on the field from Glasgow 2024 to Manchester 2026.
The clock says 34:25 faster, but the races themselves got 5:07 quicker for everyone.
642 days between Glasgow 2024 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 37:11 better than 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
3 races · 3 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:10989/1463Beat 32%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 7:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 7:53 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete9:00 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:10 PB1282/2771Beat 54%
↑ 642 days after Glasgow 2024 37:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
37:11 better than the field: 43:25 faster on the clock, against 6:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:14 faster This athlete43:25 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men2:05:351719/1784Beat 4%