Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2025, Calvin Bell and Elliot Bell have moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
Over the same races everyone got 4:21 quicker, so 4:11 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2024 → Manchester 2024: 2:01 in 15 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. The summary above covers Doubles Open · Men, with Elliot Bell, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:24:541308/1442Beat 9%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026 12:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:33 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:44 faster for everyone: 12:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:44 faster This athlete8:33 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:16:21 PB1445/1463Beat 1%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:29:51 PB1011/1099Beat 8%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025, with Elliot Bell 0:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:47 faster on the clock, against 2:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:45 faster This pair2:47 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:32:38573/616Beat 7%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024, with Elliot Bell 2:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:13 behind the field: 2:11 slower on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair2:11 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:30:27671/719Beat 7%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024, with Elliot Bell 2:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:01 better than the field: 3:35 faster on the clock, against 1:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This pair3:35 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:34:02832/875Beat 5%