Progress against the field
Between Katowice 2026 and Athens 2026, Joshua Thewliss pulled 4:03 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:36 quicker, so 6:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Katowice 2026 → Berlin 2026: 5:44 on the field in 90 days.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:36 PB315/677Beat 54%
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:52273/616Beat 56%
↑ 106 days after Berlin 2026 1:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:21 faster for everyone, so 1:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:21 faster This athlete0:40 faster -
Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:32313/686Beat 54%
↑ 90 days after Katowice 2026 5:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:15 faster for everyone, so 5:44 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:15 faster This athlete5:59 faster -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:31148/236Beat 37%