Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2026, Adam Richards lost 12:28 to the field.
The clock says 4:45 faster, but the races themselves got 17:13 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 391 days between Birmingham 2023 and Dublin 2024, cost 9:17 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:43270/677Beat 60%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025 7:16 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:17 faster for everyone: 7:16 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This athlete4:59 slower -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:44 PB240/955Beat 75%
↑ 362 days after Dublin 2024 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:47 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete3:46 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:30138/545Beat 75%
↑ 391 days after Birmingham 2023 9:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 7:15 faster for everyone: 9:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:15 faster This athlete2:02 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:28196/1182Beat 83%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 6:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:46 slower for everyone and the clock still says 4:42 faster: 6:28 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete4:42 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:20:10379/974Beat 61%
↑ 119 days after Birmingham 2022 2:22 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:18 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:40 faster for everyone, so 2:22 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:40 faster This athlete3:18 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:23:28399/960Beat 58%