Progress against the field
Between Sydney 2025 and Sydney 2026, Andrew Rathbone pulled 1:54 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:59 quicker, so 4:53 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
279 days between Sydney 2025 and Brisbane 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 9:03 better than 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
4 races · 4 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Individual Open · Men1:49:111017/1122Beat 9%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026 7:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:30 faster for everyone: 7:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:30 faster This athlete3:39 slower -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:45:32537/615Beat 13%
↑ 279 days after Sydney 2025 9:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:31 slower for everyone and the clock still says 8:32 faster: 9:03 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 slower This athlete8:32 faster -
Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:041508/1587Beat 5%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:42:31 PB623/752Beat 17%