Progress against the field
Paul Olsen has dropped 6:51 behind the field from Sydney 2025 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 6:34 quicker, so 0:17 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
The largest gain on the field came from Perth 2025 → Auckland 2026: 7:21 in 146 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
8 races · 6 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Open · Men1:23:54311/393Beat 21%
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:56815/1581Beat 49%
↑ 153 days after Auckland 2026 8:12 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:12 behind the field: 2:16 slower on the clock, against 5:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →5:56 faster This athlete2:16 slower -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:00 PB113/357Beat 68%
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:17:16 PB108/483Beat 78%
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Auckland29 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:23:40 PB117/375Beat 69%
↑ 146 days after Perth 2025 7:21 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:48 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 7:21 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This athlete7:48 faster -
Perth5 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:31:28191/307Beat 38%
↑ 63 days after Sydney 2025 6:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:00 behind the field: 5:49 slower on the clock, against 0:11 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:11 faster This athlete5:49 slower -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:39947/1587Beat 40%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:25:071110/2118Beat 48%