Progress against the field
Between Perth 2024 and Perth 2026, Philip Ward lost 1:31 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:26 quicker, so 6:55 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 356 days between Perth 2024 and Perth 2025, still ended 7:46 ahead of 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
3 races · 3 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:13243/636Beat 62%
↑ 350 days after Perth 2025 9:17 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:31 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:46 faster for everyone: 9:17 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:46 faster This athlete3:31 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:42 PB149/548Beat 73%
↑ 356 days after Perth 2024 7:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:46 better than the field: 10:26 faster on the clock, against 2:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:40 faster This athlete10:26 faster -
Perth14 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:27:08259/469Beat 45%