Progress against the field
Between Shenzhen 2025 and Shenzhen 2026, Mark Bannon lost 6:51 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 7:00 quicker, so 0:09 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Shenzhen 2025 → Bangkok 1 2026: 5:35 on the field in 90 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Shenzhen15 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:14286/1284Beat 78%
↑ 99 days after Hong Kong 2026 7:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:39 faster for everyone: 7:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:39 faster This athlete4:36 slower -
Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:38163/1490Beat 89%
↑ 49 days after Bangkok 1 2026 5:11 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:55 faster for everyone: 5:11 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:55 faster This athlete3:16 slower -
Bangkok 120 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:14:22 PB205/2401Beat 92%
↑ 90 days after Shenzhen 2025 5:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:01 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:26 faster for everyone, so 5:35 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:26 faster This athlete8:01 faster -
Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:23165/928Beat 82%
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Bangkok24 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:33129/658Beat 80%
↑ 183 days after Hong Kong 2024 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 5:20 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete5:20 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:28:53402/1011Beat 60%
↑ 362 days after Hong Kong 2023 11:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:06 behind the field: 7:50 slower on the clock, against 3:16 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This athlete7:50 slower -
Hong Kong26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:21:0362/342Beat 82%