Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2025 to London Excel 2025, Mike Li-Rouse got 2:27 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:49 quicker, so 6:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 215 days between London 2025 and London Excel 2025, still ended 6:39 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
10 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:20 PB113/560Beat 80%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:05 PB467/693Beat 33%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:00203/600Beat 66%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Adam Curtis 3:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 3:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair2:36 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:24 PB536/1815Beat 71%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Adam Curtis 1:55 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:55 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair0:22 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:34 PB532/2771Beat 81%
↑ 215 days after London 2025 6:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:39 better than the field: 8:21 faster on the clock, against 1:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete8:21 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:46233/563Beat 59%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:55876/1917Beat 54%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 4:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:12 behind the field: 2:05 slower on the clock, against 2:07 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete2:05 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:50615/1588Beat 61%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Relay · Men1:03:4470/148Beat 53%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:24:54440/1003Beat 56%