Progress against the field
From Sydney 2024 to Sydney 2026, the field gained 5:10 on John Paton.
Over the same races everyone got 7:47 quicker, so 2:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
342 days between Sydney 2024 and Sydney 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 8:14 behind 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 7 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:16 PB345/1581Beat 78%
↑ 487 days after Brisbane 2025 9:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:07 better than the field: 13:04 faster on the clock, against 3:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete13:04 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:31368/556Beat 34%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 1:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:19 faster on the clock, and the race was 8:21 faster for everyone, so 1:58 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →8:21 faster This athlete10:19 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:29:50142/251Beat 43%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 1:06 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 slower on the clock, but the race was 2:47 slower for everyone, so this was 1:06 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:47 slower This athlete1:41 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:28:09243/333Beat 27%
↑ 342 days after Sydney 2024 8:14 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:14 behind the field: 6:01 slower on the clock, against 2:13 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This athlete6:01 slower -
Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:20832/1368Beat 39%
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Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Pro · Men1:22:0879/129Beat 39%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men58:52 PB47/468Beat 90%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:14:5245/143Beat 69%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:13:14 PB67/221Beat 70%