Progress against the field
Between Beijing 2025 and Chengdu 2026, 涛 常 pulled 0:52 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 15:27 quicker, so 16:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Shanghai 2025 → Shenzhen 2025: 9:54 in 28 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 · 6 events
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Beijing10 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:22:37 PB134/339Beat 61%
↑ 173 days after Beijing I 2026 6:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:42 better than the field: 9:52 faster on the clock, against 3:10 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:10 faster This athlete9:52 faster -
Chengdu1 Aug 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:1184/882Beat 91%
↑ 133 days after Beijing I 2026 5:53 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:53 behind the field: 2:13 slower on the clock, against 3:40 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:40 faster This athlete2:13 slower -
Beijing I21 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:13:58 PB96/1267Beat 92%
↑ 91 days after Shenzhen 2025 0:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 6:56 faster on the clock, against 7:01 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:01 faster This athlete6:56 faster -
Beijing I21 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:32:29138/275Beat 50%
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Shenzhen20 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:54141/928Beat 85%
↑ 28 days after Shanghai 2025 9:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:53 faster on the clock in a race that was 0:01 slower for everyone: 9:54 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:01 slower This athlete9:53 faster -
Shanghai22 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:47408/914Beat 55%
↑ 91 days after Beijing 2025 3:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 4:47 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:04 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:47 faster This athlete1:43 faster -
Beijing23 Aug 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:30266/609Beat 56%