Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2025 and Birmingham 2026, Richard Mercer lost 1:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 5:28 quicker, so 4:15 faster 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:56 PB450/677Beat 34%
↑ 353 days after Dublin 2025 0:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 better than the field: 2:32 faster on the clock, against 2:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This athlete2:32 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:28702/955Beat 27%
↑ 245 days after Glasgow 2025 1:28 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:28 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:11 faster This athlete1:43 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:111169/1588Beat 26%