Progress against the field
Between Hong Kong 2025 and Shenzhen 2026, John Lam pulled 8:12 ahead of the field.
The clock says 20:20 faster, but the races themselves got 12:08 quicker for everyone.
209 days between Beijing 2025 and Bangkok 1 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:32 behind the field.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Shenzhen15 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:22 PB243/1284Beat 81%
↑ 99 days after Hong Kong 2026 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:39 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete0:50 faster -
Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:12132/609Beat 78%
↑ 49 days after Bangkok 1 2026 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 2:04 faster on the clock, against 1:55 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete2:04 faster -
Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:16506/2401Beat 79%
↑ 209 days after Beijing 2025 2:32 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:03 faster for everyone, so 2:32 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:03 faster This athlete1:31 faster -
Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:47174/609Beat 71%
↑ 28 days after Hong Kong 2025 12:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
15:55 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:31 faster for everyone, so 12:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete15:55 faster -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:42643/1186Beat 46%