Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Excel 2025, the field gained 5:28 on Ruth English.
Over the same races everyone got 10:49 quicker, so 5:21 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Barcelona 2025 → Valencia 2025: 2:39 in 175 days.
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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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Women1:20:25 PB350/1542Beat 77%
↑ 48 days after Valencia 2025 3:06 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:03 faster for everyone, so 3:06 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:03 faster This athlete3:57 faster -
Valencia17 Oct 2025Individual Open · Women1:24:22102/388Beat 74%
↑ 175 days after Barcelona 2025 2:39 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:39 better than the field: 4:14 faster on the clock, against 1:35 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 faster This athlete4:14 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Women1:28:36273/613Beat 56%
↑ 147 days after London 2024 5:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:50 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:11 faster for everyone: 5:01 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete2:50 slower -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Women1:25:46219/940Beat 77%