Progress against the field
Between Auckland 2025 and Sydney 2026, Mitch Iles pulled 15:37 ahead of the field.
The clock says 28:19 faster, but the races themselves got 12:42 quicker for everyone.
The biggest step was Auckland 2025 → Sydney 2025: 14:44 on the field in 153 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
4 races · 4 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:22 PB785/1581Beat 50%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 1:23 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 better than the field: 7:19 faster on the clock, against 5:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:56 faster This athlete7:19 faster -
Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:41432/763Beat 43%
↑ 209 days after Sydney 2025 0:30 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:21 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:09 faster for everyone: 0:30 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:09 faster This athlete0:21 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:20404/517Beat 22%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2025 14:44 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
14:44 better than the field: 21:21 faster on the clock, against 6:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:37 faster This athlete21:21 faster -
Auckland1 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:41724/848Beat 15%