Progress against the field
Sam Baker has dropped 37:43 behind the field from Oslo 2025 to London Excel 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 4:08 quicker, so 33:35 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Birmingham 2025 → Madrid 2025: 2:31 in 36 days.
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
8 races · 6 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:16:21 PB320/824Beat 61%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:222389/2771Beat 14%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 37:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
34:22 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:36 faster for everyone: 37:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete34:22 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:50 PB93/312Beat 70%
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Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:00 PB111/1312Beat 92%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 2:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 2:17 faster: 2:31 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete2:17 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:03:3737/120Beat 69%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:17280/1821Beat 85%
↑ 26 days after Oslo 2025 2:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:46 faster for everyone: 2:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete1:30 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:4751/319Beat 84%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Relay · Men59:1811/33Beat 67%