Progress against the field
From Manchester 2024 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 6:56 on Paul Rutter and Glynn Blackhurst.
Over the same races everyone got 7:17 quicker, so 0:21 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.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:56152/605Beat 75%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Glynn Blackhurst 4:03 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 behind the field: 0:15 slower on the clock, against 3:48 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair0:15 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:03:53 PB26/297Beat 91%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:05:41225/794Beat 72%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Glynn Blackhurst 2:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:02 faster for everyone: 2:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This pair2:08 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:03:33 PB239/1099Beat 78%
↑ 347 days after Manchester 2024, with Glynn Blackhurst 0:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:44 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:27 faster for everyone, so 0:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:27 faster This pair2:44 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:06:17220/719Beat 69%