Progress against the field
Andrew Ford has dropped 5:23 behind the field from Cologne 2025 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 0:48 slower, but the races themselves got 4:35 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:07 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 Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:08323/677Beat 52%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025 1:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 1:07 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:241302/2771Beat 53%
↑ 238 days after Cologne 2025 4:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:12 faster for everyone: 4:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:2046/164Beat 72%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:19689/1588Beat 57%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 1:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:00 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:06 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete2:00 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:22:19568/1221Beat 54%
↑ 237 days after Copenhagen 2024 8:29 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:29 behind the field: 6:54 slower on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete6:54 slower -
Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:15:25 PB215/686Beat 69%