Progress against the field
Between Brisbane 2026 and Sydney 2026, David Tovell pulled 2:56 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:30 quicker, so 6:26 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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 · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men59:51 PB37/664Beat 94%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:19:32 PB206/623Beat 67%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 2:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:26 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, so 2:56 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete6:26 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:07:2782/257Beat 68%
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Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:58330/615Beat 46%
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Perth5 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:36110/347Beat 68%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025, with Adam Tovell 2:22 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:13 faster for everyone: 2:22 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:13 faster This pair0:09 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:10:27425/1020Beat 58%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Men1:10:49206/521Beat 61%