Progress against the field
Matthew Thomas and Carl Simpson have dropped 6:59 behind the field from Birmingham 2023 to Birmingham 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 5:19 quicker, so 1:40 slower 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:15:26309/605Beat 49%
↑ 1106 days after Birmingham 2023, with Carl Simpson 6:59 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:59 behind the field: 1:40 slower on the clock, against 5:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:19 faster This pair1:40 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:12:47 PB626/1177Beat 47%
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Birmingham21 Oct 2023Doubles Open · Men1:13:46262/467Beat 44%