Progress against the field
From London 2024 to London Excel 2025, James Madley got 15:49 faster than the field.
The clock says 25:43 faster, but the races themselves got 9:54 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2024 → Glasgow 2025: 19:04 in 103 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
7 races · 7 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:33 PB615/2779Beat 78%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 0:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:34 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 0:32 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete3:34 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:07410/1600Beat 74%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 0:42 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete0:16 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:23448/1367Beat 67%
↑ 146 days after London 2025 0:27 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:12 faster for everyone, so 0:27 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:12 faster This athlete0:39 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:05:13 PB44/470Beat 91%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:17:02670/1917Beat 65%
↑ 52 days after Glasgow 2025 3:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:07 faster for everyone: 3:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:07 faster This athlete1:41 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:21469/1445Beat 68%
↑ 103 days after London 2024 19:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:04 better than the field: 22:55 faster on the clock, against 3:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:51 faster This athlete22:55 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:38:161270/1637Beat 22%