Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Manchester 2026, the field gained 3:25 on Garry Buck.
The clock says 10:09 faster, but the races themselves got 13:34 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 237 days between Glasgow 2024 and Birmingham 2024, cost 9:37 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
11 races · 10 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:24 PB267/297Beat 10%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:581140/1463Beat 22%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 1:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:54 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 1:47 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete2:54 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:042095/2771Beat 24%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 3:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:12 behind the field: 2:43 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete2:43 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:21 PB677/898Beat 25%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 0:40 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:29 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 0:40 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:501359/1821Beat 25%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 7:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:44 better than the field: 7:49 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete7:49 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:391698/1917Beat 11%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 4:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:22 better than the field: 6:29 faster on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete6:29 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:50:081357/1445Beat 6%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 5:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:06 faster for everyone: 5:56 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete2:50 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:47:181140/1221Beat 7%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2024 4:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:21 better than the field: 8:05 faster on the clock, against 3:44 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete8:05 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:33:28 PB685/719Beat 5%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:55:23774/816Beat 5%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 9:37 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:37 behind the field: 7:16 slower on the clock, against 2:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete7:16 slower -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:48:071577/1784Beat 12%