Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2025, Mark Flynn got 1:12 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:15 faster, but the races themselves got 7:03 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 203 days between Birmingham 2024 and Berlin 2025, cost 2:40 on 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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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men59:57 PB169/2102Beat 92%
↑ 215 days after London 2025, with Kieran Dean 8:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 better than the field: 10:16 faster on the clock, against 2:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 faster This pair10:16 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:16 PB52/1821Beat 97%
↑ 159 days after Berlin 2025 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:38 slower for everyone and the clock still says 3:14 faster: 3:52 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 slower This athlete3:14 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:30160/1851Beat 91%
↑ 203 days after Birmingham 2024 2:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:01 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 7:41 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:41 faster This athlete5:01 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:13486/1010Beat 52%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:0664/719Beat 91%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:31222/1916Beat 88%