Progress against the field
Between London 2024 and Manchester 2026, Robin Ikel and Alex Boothman pulled 5:22 ahead of the field.
The clock says 10:13 faster, but the races themselves got 4:51 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 327 days between London 2024 and Birmingham 2025, still ended 13:09 ahead of the field.
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
3 races · 3 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:54:36808/824Beat 2%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2025, with Alex Boothman 7:47 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:47 behind the field: 6:46 slower on the clock, against 1:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:01 faster This pair6:46 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:47:50 PB912/954Beat 4%
↑ 327 days after London 2024, with Alex Boothman 13:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:50 faster for everyone, so 13:09 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:50 faster This pair16:59 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed2:04:49788/795Beat 1%