Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2024, the field gained 3:45 on Barry Gidman.
Over the same races everyone got 4:41 quicker, so 0:56 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:07 PB364/794Beat 54%
↑ 362 days after Manchester 2025, with Dean Coxon 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:43 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:43 faster This pair1:43 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:23:24195/312Beat 38%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:21:00270/470Beat 43%
↑ 182 days after London 2024, with Sarah Davies 7:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:13 behind the field: 2:07 slower on the clock, against 5:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:06 faster This pair2:07 slower -
Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men1:11:50305/616Beat 51%
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London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:53 PB220/521Beat 58%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:37 PB1117/1916Beat 42%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 3:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:56 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:45 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete0:56 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:29:33634/1182Beat 46%