Progress against the field
Paul Carter-Bell has dropped 6:05 behind the field from Manchester 2024 to London Excel 2025.
The clock says 3:23 faster, but the races themselves got 9:28 quicker for everyone.
189 days between Malaga 2025 and Rome 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:16 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:55485/2771Beat 83%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 5:39 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:39 behind the field: 2:37 slower on the clock, against 3:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete2:37 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:18 PB166/1600Beat 90%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 7:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:10 better than the field: 7:52 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete7:52 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:10471/1367Beat 66%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025 6:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 behind the field: 5:47 slower on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete5:47 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:23211/966Beat 78%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025 3:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:04 faster for everyone: 3:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:04 faster This athlete1:06 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:17224/1588Beat 86%
↑ 95 days after Stockholm 2024 4:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:56 better than the field: 6:30 faster on the clock, against 1:34 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:34 faster This athlete6:30 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:16:47142/447Beat 68%
↑ 28 days after Manchester 2024 3:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:06 behind the field: 1:29 slower on the clock, against 1:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:37 faster This athlete1:29 slower -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:18387/1206Beat 68%