Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Birmingham 2026, Anita Swift and Lesley Windle pulled 2:00 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:04 quicker, so 5:04 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 Pro · Women, with Lesley Windle, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:27:09 PB256/301Beat 15%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Lesley Windle 2:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 better than the field: 5:04 faster on the clock, against 3:04 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:04 faster This pair5:04 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:14 PB330/586Beat 44%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Pro · Women1:32:13202/237Beat 15%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Women1:20:08 PB342/1111Beat 69%
↑ 271 days after Manchester 2025, with Lesley Windle 2:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:10 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:35 faster for everyone, so 2:35 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →2:35 faster This pair5:10 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Women1:25:18455/857Beat 47%