Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Perth 2026, Michael Astell pulled 2:18 ahead of the field.
The clock says 6:42 faster, but the races themselves got 4:24 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 362 days between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, cost 1:11 on 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
4 races · 4 events
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Perth21 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:38 PB105/454Beat 77%
↑ 51 days after Sydney 2026 3:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 3:29 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete4:45 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:23460/1122Beat 59%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 1:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:57 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete1:57 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:19 PB50/507Beat 90%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:20877/1587Beat 45%