Progress against the field
From Glasgow 2024 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 19:08 on Richard Simpson.
The clock says 6:39 slower, but the races themselves got 12:29 quicker for everyone.
554 days between Barcelona 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 22:23 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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:311114/1442Beat 23%
↑ 554 days after Barcelona 2025 22:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
22:23 behind the field: 18:38 slower on the clock, against 3:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:45 faster This athlete18:38 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:15 PB232/586Beat 60%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:32:26 PB544/563Beat 3%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:53568/1106Beat 49%
↑ 167 days after Paris 2024 7:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:53 better than the field: 11:29 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete11:29 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:221112/1585Beat 30%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 15:31 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:44 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:47 faster for everyone: 15:31 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 faster This athlete12:44 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:38 PB319/816Beat 61%
↑ 237 days after Glasgow 2024 10:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:14 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 10:53 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete13:14 faster -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:521237/1784Beat 31%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:29261/352Beat 26%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:24:38377/752Beat 50%