Progress against the field
From Manchester 2025 to London 2025, Paul Holbrook got 0:57 faster than the field.
The clock says 5:26 faster, but the races themselves got 4:29 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
6 races · 6 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:00122/398Beat 69%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Sam Gordon 0:36 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:34 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:02 faster for everyone: 0:36 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair0:34 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:08:26 PB447/1099Beat 59%
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London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:19:56 PB150/229Beat 35%
↑ 99 days after Manchester 2025 0:57 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:29 faster for everyone, so 0:57 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:29 faster This athlete5:26 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Pro · Men1:25:22130/196Beat 34%
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Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Pro · Men1:23:06113/194Beat 42%
↑ 97 days after London 2023 6:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:24 faster for everyone, so 6:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:24 faster This athlete6:45 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:29:51224/321Beat 30%