Progress against the field
From London Excel 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Dean Arnold has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 0:34 faster, but the races themselves got 0:46 quicker for everyone.
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 Individual Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:09 PB56/693Beat 92%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 0:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:46 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete0:34 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men55:43 PB14/279Beat 95%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:02:4349/467Beat 90%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed57:15 PB5/889Beat 99%
↑ 327 days after London 2024, with Georgie Scotney 2:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, so 2:30 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This pair6:20 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:3518/521Beat 97%