Progress against the field
Between Glasgow 2023 and London 2023, James Taylor lost 18:28 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:39 quicker, so 15:49 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
252 days between Glasgow 2023 and Birmingham 2023 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 18:15 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:18:45757/1035Beat 27%
↑ 374 days after Birmingham 2025, with James Burke 4:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:40 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:14 faster for everyone: 4:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This pair2:40 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:16:05725/1099Beat 34%
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Madrid26 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:01:20 PB23/706Beat 97%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:20:21678/875Beat 23%
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London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:18:38520/1865Beat 72%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2023 0:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:12 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:25 faster for everyone, so 0:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:25 faster This athlete4:12 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Doubles Open · Men1:08:08313/1003Beat 69%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:22:50416/1182Beat 65%
↑ 252 days after Glasgow 2023 18:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:15 behind the field: 20:01 slower on the clock, against 1:46 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:46 slower This athlete20:01 slower -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:02:49 PB18/974Beat 98%