Progress against the field
David Watts has dropped 11:50 behind the field from Birmingham 2021 to London 2022.
Over the same races everyone got 9:31 quicker, so 2:19 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
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
7 races · 6 events
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:001514/1815Beat 17%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:22:06 PB803/1372Beat 42%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:27932/1191Beat 22%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:18:22138/229Beat 40%
↑ 105 days after Birmingham 2022, with Sean Kelly 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:58 slower on the clock, against 0:58 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 slower This pair0:58 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:32:35510/865Beat 41%
↑ 385 days after Birmingham 2021 11:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:50 behind the field: 2:19 slower on the clock, against 9:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:31 faster This athlete2:19 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:17:24 PB248/358Beat 31%
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Birmingham30 Oct 2021Individual Open · Men1:30:16 PB96/178Beat 46%