Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Manchester 2024, Carl Lowe got 1:17 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:14 quicker, so 5:31 faster 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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Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:08:05 PB153/1206Beat 87%
↑ 15 days after Birmingham 2024 1:17 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:31 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:14 faster for everyone, so 1:17 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:14 faster This athlete5:31 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:36143/816Beat 83%
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Manchester28 Jan 2023Doubles Open · Men1:02:07 PB13/229Beat 94%
↑ 105 days after Birmingham 2022, with Jordan Stafford 1:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:58 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:04 faster: 1:02 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 slower This pair0:04 faster -
Birmingham15 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:02:1142/358Beat 88%