Progress against the field
From Shanghai 2026 to Beijing 2026, Darren Lim has moved with the field: what changed on the clock changed for everyone.
The clock says 8:21 faster, but the races themselves got 8:31 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Shenzhen 2026 → Beijing 2026: 2:03 on the field in 26 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
7 races · 6 events
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Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:11 PB242/369Beat 34%
↑ 26 days after Shenzhen 2026 2:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:03 better than the field: 5:11 faster on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete5:11 faster -
Shenzhen15 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:22810/1284Beat 37%
↑ 91 days after Shanghai 2026 2:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:10 faster on the clock, yet the race was 5:23 faster for everyone, so 2:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:23 faster This athlete3:10 faster -
Shanghai16 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:32925/1447Beat 36%
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Singapore3 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:58:26258/387Beat 33%
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Singapore28 Jun 2025Relay · Mixed2:13:00241/244Beat 1%
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SingaporeDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:37:22 PB389/544Beat 29%
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SingaporeDate unknownRelay · Men1:05:2010/124Beat 92%