Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Birmingham 2026, Greg Rees and Mark Phillips got 3:10 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:19 faster, but the races themselves got 3:09 quicker for everyone.
331 days between London Excel 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:30 better than 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 Doubles Open · Men, with Mark Phillips, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:04 PB386/605Beat 36%
↑ 331 days after London Excel 2025, with Mark Phillips 3:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 better than the field: 4:22 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This pair4:22 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:261529/1815Beat 16%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Mark Phillips 0:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:20 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair1:57 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:01 PB1309/1821Beat 28%
↑ 200 days after Belgium 2025 7:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:43 better than the field: 7:45 faster on the clock, against 0:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This athlete7:45 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:25:23235/269Beat 13%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:461356/1638Beat 17%