Progress against the field
Darren Thompson has dropped 13:05 behind the field from London 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:52 quicker, so 5:13 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
524 days between London 2023 and London 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:41 behind 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:21:55447/693Beat 36%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 4:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:54 behind the field: 4:08 slower on the clock, against 0:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete4:08 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:22 PB468/2102Beat 78%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:17:47273/467Beat 42%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 1:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:17 better than the field: 3:18 faster on the clock, against 2:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:01 faster This athlete3:18 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:21:05146/225Beat 35%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 0:13 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:11 slower for everyone: 0:13 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →1:11 slower This athlete0:58 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:20:07151/229Beat 34%
↑ 524 days after London 2023 9:41 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:41 behind the field: 3:25 slower on the clock, against 6:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:16 faster This athlete3:25 slower -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Pro · Men1:16:42 PB104/321Beat 68%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:08188/1182Beat 84%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 2:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 behind the field: 3:52 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete3:52 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:11:16 PB138/974Beat 86%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 9:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, so 9:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete15:15 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:26:31483/960Beat 50%