Progress against the field
Between London Excel 2025 and Manchester 2026, Michael Thomas lost 3:45 to the field.
The clock says 4:52 slower, but the races themselves got 1:07 slower 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
7 races · 7 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men2:11:471172/1233Beat 5%
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Athens5 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men2:14:56598/616Beat 3%
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Las Vegas20 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men2:06:54 PB1595/1739Beat 8%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men2:13:39521/551Beat 5%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 3:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:07 slower for everyone: 3:45 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:07 slower This athlete4:52 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men2:08:472735/2779Beat 2%
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Chicago14 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men2:22:101583/1621Beat 2%
↑ 49 days after Boston 2025 3:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:20 better than the field: 4:34 faster on the clock, against 1:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:14 faster This athlete4:34 faster -
Boston26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men2:26:441435/1463Beat 2%