Progress against the field
From Melbourne 2023 to Sydney 2026, Sven Karlsson got 18:31 faster than the field.
The clock says 25:16 faster, but the races themselves got 6:45 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 678 days between Melbourne 2023 and Sydney 2025, still ended 19:16 ahead of 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.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:22 PB524/1122Beat 53%
↑ 362 days after Sydney 2025 0:45 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:08 faster for everyone, so 0:45 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete2:23 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:45989/1587Beat 38%
↑ 678 days after Melbourne 2023 19:16 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
19:16 better than the field: 22:53 faster on the clock, against 3:37 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:37 faster This athlete22:53 faster -
Melbourne26 Aug 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:38470/538Beat 13%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:28:50449/752Beat 40%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:30:45707/1145Beat 38%