Progress against the field
Benjamin Lynch has dropped 9:14 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:23 quicker, so 1:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
732 days between Birmingham 2023 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 12:44 behind 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
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:57:57 PB1263/1442Beat 12%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025 3:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 better than the field: 7:29 faster on the clock, against 3:59 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:59 faster This athlete7:29 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men2:05:261543/1600Beat 4%
↑ 732 days after Birmingham 2023 12:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:44 behind the field: 6:20 slower on the clock, against 6:24 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:24 faster This athlete6:20 slower -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:59:061108/1182Beat 6%