Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, Heath Mercer pulled 0:16 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:08 quicker, so 3:24 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.
Every race
3 races · 3 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:17 PB86/1581Beat 95%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 0:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, so 0:16 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete3:24 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:4185/517Beat 84%
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Sydney27 Jul 2024Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:34 PB93/438Beat 79%