Progress against the field
WAI KWAN LAU has gained 6:36 on the field from Hong Kong 2024 to Beijing 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 11:22 quicker, so 17:58 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 246 days between Hong Kong 2024 and Hong Kong 2025, still ended 9:03 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
11 races · 7 events
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Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:07:0835/339Beat 90%
↑ 26 days after Shenzhen 2026 0:18 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 behind the field: 0:52 slower on the clock, against 0:34 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:34 slower This athlete0:52 slower -
Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:40 PB2/369Beat 100%
↑ 125 days after Hong Kong 2026 6:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:29 better than the field: 7:21 faster on the clock, against 0:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete7:21 faster -
Shenzhen15 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:16 PB13/352Beat 96%
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Relay · Men54:252/304Beat 99%
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men57:23 PB9/250Beat 96%
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:08:0115/609Beat 98%
↑ 167 days after Shanghai 2025 6:10 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:25 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:45 faster for everyone: 6:10 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:45 faster This athlete5:25 slower -
Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Doubles Pro · Men58:234/131Beat 97%
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Shanghai22 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men55:57 PB6/388Beat 99%
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Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:02:3613/914Beat 99%
↑ 119 days after Hong Kong 2025 2:46 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:03 faster on the clock, yet the race was 6:49 faster for everyone, so 2:46 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:49 faster This athlete4:03 faster -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:06:3912/1186Beat 99%
↑ 246 days after Hong Kong 2024 9:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:03 better than the field: 11:59 faster on the clock, against 2:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:56 faster This athlete11:59 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:18:38192/1011Beat 81%