Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 1:44 on Matthew Lowe.
The clock says 2:41 faster, but the races themselves got 4:25 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026, still ended 5:02 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:59 PB703/1035Beat 32%
↑ 283 days after Manchester 2026, with Daniel Lowe 1:29 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:48 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:29 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:48 faster This pair2:19 faster -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:54 PB286/693Beat 59%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 5:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:02 better than the field: 6:25 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete6:25 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:18567/794Beat 29%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:191599/2771Beat 42%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 6:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:46 behind the field: 3:44 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:44 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:35814/1821Beat 55%