Progress against the field
Between Cardiff 2025 and Riga 2026, Tom Lea lost 2:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:12 quicker, so 3:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Oslo 2025 → Manchester 2026: 5:05 in 117 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
6 races · 6 events
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Tenerife4 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:30:27396/673Beat 41%
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:16296/882Beat 66%
↑ 44 days after Malaga 2026 0:01 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 slower on the clock, and the race was 1:29 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →1:29 slower This athlete1:28 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:48 PB236/474Beat 50%
↑ 85 days after Manchester 2026 3:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:19 better than the field: 9:20 faster on the clock, against 6:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:01 faster This athlete9:20 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:08932/1463Beat 36%
↑ 117 days after Oslo 2025 5:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:05 better than the field: 6:03 faster on the clock, against 0:58 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:58 faster This athlete6:03 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:11677/935Beat 28%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 10:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:38 behind the field: 9:56 slower on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete9:56 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:15361/639Beat 44%