Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, John Polson pulled 6:41 ahead of the field.
The clock says 7:35 faster, but the races themselves got 0:54 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 349 days between Sydney 2025 and Stockholm 2026, still ended 6:18 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.
Every race
8 races · 7 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Pro · Men1:00:42 PB25/556Beat 96%
↑ 13 days after Stockholm 2026 0:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:03 faster for everyone, so 0:23 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:03 faster This athlete3:26 faster -
Stockholm18 Jun 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:08249/767Beat 68%
↑ 349 days after Sydney 2025 6:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:09 faster on the clock in a race that was 2:09 slower for everyone: 6:18 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:09 slower This athlete4:09 faster -
APAC Championship Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men57:18 PB22/327Beat 93%
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APAC Championship Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men58:55 PB6/557Beat 99%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:08:1756/333Beat 83%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:03:1139/740Beat 95%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:12:50443/522Beat 15%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:04:4832/1529Beat 98%