Progress against the field
Luke Phillips has dropped 4:04 behind the field from Sydney 2024 to Sydney 2026.
The clock says 3:04 faster, but the races themselves got 7:08 quicker for everyone.
362 days between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 3:26 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 Open · 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 · Men1:14:54259/1122Beat 77%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 3:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:18 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:08 faster for everyone: 3:26 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete0:18 slower -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Pro · Men1:23:33 PB416/556Beat 25%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 0:40 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:48 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:40 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:28 faster This athlete2:48 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:26:21314/422Beat 26%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025 0:20 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:48 faster for everyone, so 0:20 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:48 faster This athlete1:28 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:14:36 PB150/517Beat 71%
↑ 321 days after Brisbane 2024 0:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 better than the field: 6:46 faster on the clock, against 5:52 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:52 faster This athlete6:46 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:27:49238/333Beat 29%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2025 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:27 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →6:27 faster This athlete6:27 faster -
Auckland1 Feb 2025Individual Pro · Men1:34:1697/137Beat 29%
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Brisbane17 Aug 2024Individual Open · Men1:21:22201/595Beat 66%
↑ 21 days after Sydney 2024 1:32 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:52 slower for everyone: 1:32 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 slower This athlete3:24 slower -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Men1:17:58242/696Beat 65%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:41:34922/1145Beat 20%