Progress against the field
From Sydney 2024 to Sydney 2026, Marcus Whelan got 0:43 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:08 quicker, so 6:51 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
362 days between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 5:38 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
5 races · 3 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:36 PB251/598Beat 58%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025, with Adam Simpson 0:12 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:23 faster for everyone, so 0:12 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →3:23 faster This pair3:35 faster -
Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:50359/623Beat 42%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 5:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:38 behind the field: 2:30 slower on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete2:30 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:11541/1020Beat 47%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:20 PB975/1587Beat 39%
↑ 342 days after Sydney 2024 6:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:21 better than the field: 9:21 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete9:21 faster -
Sydney27 Jul 2024Individual Open · Men1:35:41563/696Beat 19%