Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to Manchester 2026, Nicholas Saxton got 11:20 faster than the field.
The clock says 15:34 faster, but the races themselves got 4:14 quicker for everyone.
271 days between Manchester 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 16:59 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 · Men1:48:301305/1463Beat 11%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 5:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:03 faster for everyone: 5:39 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete4:36 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:54 PB1543/1821Beat 15%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025 16:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:59 better than the field: 20:10 faster on the clock, against 3:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete20:10 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men2:04:041173/1191Beat 2%