Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2022 and Glasgow 2025, John Burns lost 1:55 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:50 quicker, so 13:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 371 days between Birmingham 2022 and Birmingham 2023, cost 9:55 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
8 races · 8 events
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:17888/1588Beat 44%
↑ 138 days after Birmingham 2024 1:53 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:21 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:53 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:21 faster This athlete3:28 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:39:37136/147Beat 8%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:45473/816Beat 42%
↑ 370 days after Birmingham 2023 3:43 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:58 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:41 faster for everyone, so 3:43 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:41 faster This athlete0:58 faster -
Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:29:43640/1182Beat 46%
↑ 371 days after Birmingham 2022 9:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:55 behind the field: 8:49 slower on the clock, against 1:06 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:06 faster This athlete8:49 slower -
Manchester28 Jan 2023Individual Pro · Men1:52:5391/97Beat 6%
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Birmingham15 Oct 2022Individual Open · Men1:20:54 PB315/960Beat 67%
↑ 259 days after Manchester 2022 13:36 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:36 better than the field: 18:18 faster on the clock, against 4:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:42 faster This athlete18:18 faster -
Manchester29 Jan 2022Individual Open · Men1:39:12376/476Beat 21%
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World Championships ManchesterDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:36:04 PB422/432Beat 2%