Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2024 and Birmingham 2026, Chris Backe lost 9:52 to the field.
The clock says 0:31 faster, but the races themselves got 10:23 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 374 days between Birmingham 2025 and Birmingham 2026, cost 9:14 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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:53551/677Beat 19%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 9:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:15 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:59 faster for everyone: 9:14 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete5:15 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:38345/523Beat 34%
↑ 224 days after Glasgow 2025 4:25 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 behind the field: 3:22 slower on the clock, against 1:03 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:03 faster This athlete3:22 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:16 PB1084/1588Beat 32%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 9:08 faster on the clock, against 5:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete9:08 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:39:24655/816Beat 20%