Progress against the field
David Bell has gained 9:59 on the field from Hong Kong 2026 to Sydney 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 3:29 quicker, so 13:28 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
16 races · 15 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:32:21 PB769/1122Beat 32%
↑ 54 days after Hong Kong 2026 9:59 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 9:59 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete13:28 faster -
Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:49986/1490Beat 34%
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Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:11810/900Beat 10%
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Turin30 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:52:311408/1511Beat 7%
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Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:49513/1186Beat 57%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:52:041496/1587Beat 6%
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Bangkok24 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:46:19377/658Beat 43%
↑ 183 days after Hong Kong 2024 3:52 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 better than the field: 6:52 faster on the clock, against 3:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:53:11844/1011Beat 17%
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Perth14 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:51:30432/469Beat 8%
↑ 28 days after Brisbane 2024 6:49 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:59 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:10 faster for everyone, so 6:49 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →2:10 faster This athlete8:59 faster -
Brisbane17 Aug 2024Individual Open · Men2:00:29566/595Beat 5%
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Hong Kong26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men2:01:52309/342Beat 10%
↑ 50 days after Singapore 2023 1:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:15 better than the field: 10:37 faster on the clock, against 9:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →9:22 faster This athlete10:37 faster -
Singapore7 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men2:12:29525/630Beat 17%
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Melbourne26 Aug 2023Individual Open · Men1:35:02356/538Beat 34%
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Sydney12 Aug 2023Individual Open · Men2:00:25231/237Beat 3%
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Sydney12 Aug 2023Relay · Men1:11:304/10Beat 60%
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SingaporeDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:51:24579/807Beat 28%