Progress against the field
Craig Coates has gained 9:01 on the field from Birmingham 2024 to Oslo 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 7:31 quicker, so 16:32 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 339 days between Birmingham 2025 and Oslo 2026, still ended 7:43 ahead of 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:32 PB655/871Beat 25%
↑ 339 days after Birmingham 2025 7:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 better than the field: 9:38 faster on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete9:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:101356/1600Beat 15%
↑ 172 days after London 2025 1:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:05 better than the field: 1:10 faster on the clock, against 0:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:05 faster This athlete1:10 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:201745/1917Beat 9%
↑ 190 days after Birmingham 2024 0:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:44 faster on the clock, and the race was 5:31 faster for everyone, so 0:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →5:31 faster This athlete5:44 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:52:04752/816Beat 8%