Progress against the field
Joel Williams has gained 12:47 on the field from Cardiff 2025 to Helsinki 2026.
The clock says 18:12 faster, but the races themselves got 5:25 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Cardiff 2025 → Oslo 2025: 13:08 on the field in 119 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
8 races · 7 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Doubles Open · Men1:10:24 PB81/251Beat 68%
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Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:31 PB409/636Beat 36%
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Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:47783/913Beat 14%
↑ 225 days after Oslo 2025 0:21 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:43 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:21 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:43 faster This athlete4:22 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:20:19375/566Beat 34%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed2:35:27 PB297/297Beat 0%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:09805/935Beat 14%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 13:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:08 better than the field: 13:50 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete13:50 faster -
Perth5 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:23:43249/347Beat 28%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:59:591354/1401Beat 3%