Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2024 to Birmingham 2026, the field gained 10:42 on James Pickles.
The clock says 2:52 slower, but the races themselves got 7:50 quicker for everyone.
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
6 races · 5 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:57589/1442Beat 59%
↑ 736 days after Birmingham 2024 10:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:42 behind the field: 2:52 slower on the clock, against 7:50 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:50 faster This athlete2:52 slower -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:24:36 PB600/894Beat 33%
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Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:05524/1916Beat 73%
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Gdansk26 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:3659/473Beat 88%
↑ 85 days after Glasgow 2024 5:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:44 behind the field: 1:44 slower on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete1:44 slower -
Glasgow2 Mar 2024Individual Open · Men1:09:52 PB154/1784Beat 91%
↑ 385 days after Glasgow 2023 3:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:28 faster for everyone, so 3:07 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:28 faster This athlete5:35 faster -
Glasgow11 Feb 2023Individual Open · Men1:15:27262/974Beat 73%