Progress against the field
Between Copenhagen 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Ben Dowling lost 0:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:51 quicker, so 3:30 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:46 better than 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:53 PB51/693Beat 93%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 2:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 better than the field: 4:09 faster on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete4:09 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:02442/2771Beat 84%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025 2:48 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 better than the field: 6:50 faster on the clock, against 4:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:02 faster This athlete6:50 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:52224/639Beat 65%
↑ 77 days after Copenhagen 2025 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 7:29 slower on the clock, against 1:34 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 slower This athlete7:29 slower -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:23191/1323Beat 86%