Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Cardiff 2025, the field gained 2:43 on Cade Leonard.
The clock says 6:46 faster, but the races themselves got 9:29 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Manchester 2025 → Glasgow 2025: 10:04 in 47 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 8 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:02:03 PB116/794Beat 85%
↑ 438 days after Manchester 2024, with Jack Bradbury 5:50 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:21 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:31 faster for everyone, so 5:50 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This pair6:21 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:2960/639Beat 91%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2025 1:04 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:11 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:15 slower for everyone: 1:04 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 slower This athlete2:11 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:18 PB184/1851Beat 90%
↑ 41 days after Belgium 2025 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:13 better than the field: 3:31 faster on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete3:31 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:49199/1638Beat 88%
↑ 24 days after Glasgow 2025 5:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:20 faster for everyone: 5:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete3:25 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:24142/1445Beat 90%
↑ 47 days after Manchester 2025 10:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:04 better than the field: 13:18 faster on the clock, against 3:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:14 faster This athlete13:18 faster -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:42540/1191Beat 55%
↑ 91 days after Birmingham 2024 8:19 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:19 behind the field: 4:27 slower on the clock, against 3:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:52 faster This athlete4:27 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:08:24293/719Beat 59%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:15199/816Beat 76%