Progress against the field
Rory Stephen has dropped 3:51 behind the field from Sydney 2024 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 10:26 quicker, so 6:35 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Sydney 2025 → Perth 2025: 3:42 in 63 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
8 races · 7 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:02:18 PB93/311Beat 70%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:56 PB32/623Beat 95%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 0:01 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:29 faster on the clock, against 3:30 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2560/615Beat 90%
↑ 70 days after Auckland 2026 3:15 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:03 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 3:18 faster for everyone, which leaves this 3:15 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete0:03 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:2852/763Beat 93%
↑ 146 days after Perth 2025 3:26 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:26 behind the field: 2:59 slower on the clock, against 0:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete2:59 slower -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:2939/548Beat 93%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 3:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 better than the field: 3:53 faster on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete3:53 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:22295/1587Beat 81%
↑ 342 days after Sydney 2024 0:51 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:09 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:00 faster for everyone, so 0:51 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete2:09 faster -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:31130/696Beat 81%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:03:35 PB65/1343Beat 95%