Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2022 to Birmingham 2023, the field gained 2:10 on Ed Hommers.
Over the same races everyone got 1:06 quicker, so 1:04 slower 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:14:33392/476Beat 18%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with Louis Wilson 2:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:21 faster for everyone: 2:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This pair0:09 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:14:24 PB145/176Beat 18%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:32:12700/1182Beat 41%
↑ 371 days after Birmingham 2022 2:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:10 behind the field: 1:04 slower on the clock, against 1:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:31:08 PB592/960Beat 38%