Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Manchester 2026, Alex Lydall pulled 2:16 ahead of the field.
The clock says 5:31 faster, but the races themselves got 3:15 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Manchester 2026: 5:58 in 91 days.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:15:56 PB1444/1463Beat 1%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025 5:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:58 better than the field: 7:01 faster on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete7:01 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:43:42 PB656/667Beat 2%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:22:57517/523Beat 1%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 4:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:05 faster for everyone: 4:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete4:40 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:18:171899/1917Beat 1%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 1:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:07 faster for everyone, so 1:03 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:21:271437/1445Beat 1%