Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and London Excel 2025, Richard Lomas pulled 1:39 ahead of the field.
The clock says 3:34 faster, but the races themselves got 1:55 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
7 races · 6 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:01:14 PB80/279Beat 71%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:07:36 PB119/467Beat 75%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:55 faster for everyone, so 1:39 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete3:34 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Relay · Men53:395/54Beat 91%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:1055/141Beat 61%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3052/1638Beat 97%
↑ 127 days after London 2024 3:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:43 behind the field: 0:38 slower on the clock, against 3:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:05 faster This athlete0:38 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:15:47108/122Beat 12%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:03:52 PB32/1637Beat 98%