Progress against the field
Between Warsaw 2025 and Tenerife 2026, Saul Ward pulled 5:21 ahead of the field.
The clock says 4:44 faster, but the races themselves got 0:37 slower for everyone.
The biggest step was London Excel 2025 → Amsterdam 2026: 5:53 on the field in 48 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:17422/605Beat 30%
↑ 185 days after Cardiff 2026, with Darren Lukaris 9:33 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:33 behind the field: 7:57 slower on the clock, against 1:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:36 faster This pair7:57 slower -
Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:00286/673Beat 58%
↑ 128 days after Cardiff 2026 2:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 4:22 slower for everyone: 2:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:22 slower This athlete7:04 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:11:20 PB205/430Beat 52%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025, with Darren Lukaris 2:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:18 faster for everyone, so 2:53 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:18 faster This pair3:11 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:56 PB149/466Beat 68%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 2:43 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:43 better than the field: 3:59 faster on the clock, against 1:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete3:59 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:55341/897Beat 62%
↑ 62 days after Amsterdam 2026 1:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:29 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:15 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:46 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:15 faster This athlete1:29 faster -
Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:24272/608Beat 55%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 5:53 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 better than the field: 6:07 faster on the clock, against 0:14 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete6:07 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:14:311121/1815Beat 38%
↑ 188 days after Cardiff 2025, with Darren Lukaris 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:17 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:01 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:17 faster This pair1:16 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:311752/2771Beat 37%
↑ 69 days after Oslo 2025 3:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:01 behind the field: 1:09 slower on the clock, against 1:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete1:09 slower -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:27:22532/935Beat 43%
↑ 167 days after Warsaw 2025 4:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 2:52 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:22 faster: 4:14 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 slower This athlete1:22 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:47433/563Beat 23%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:44433/715Beat 39%