Progress against the field
Justin Elder has gained 2:48 on the field from Brisbane 2025 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:56 quicker, so 9:44 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Brisbane 2025 → Sydney 2025: 2:28 in 125 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
6 races · 6 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:16:58 PB426/1581Beat 73%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 1:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:30 faster for everyone, so 1:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete4:39 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:37107/237Beat 55%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025 0:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 behind the field: 1:20 slower on the clock, against 0:31 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete1:20 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:20:17701/1587Beat 56%
↑ 125 days after Brisbane 2025 2:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 better than the field: 6:25 faster on the clock, against 3:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete6:25 faster -
Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:42771/1368Beat 44%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:17:53677/2118Beat 68%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:32:031024/1529Beat 33%