Progress against the field
Ben Salkeld has dropped 8:13 behind the field from Brisbane 2025 to Sydney 2025.
Over the same races everyone got 3:57 quicker, so 4:16 slower 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
6 races · 6 events
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Sydney1 Jul 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:16:16267/311Beat 14%
↑ 83 days after Brisbane 2026, with Ryan Key 0:10 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:28 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:38 faster for everyone, so 0:10 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:38 faster This pair2:28 faster -
Brisbane9 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:18:44236/282Beat 16%
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Sydney4 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:00862/1587Beat 46%
↑ 125 days after Brisbane 2025 8:13 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
8:13 behind the field: 4:16 slower on the clock, against 3:57 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:57 faster This athlete4:16 slower -
Brisbane1 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:19:44 PB520/1368Beat 62%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Pro · Men1:15:28 PB315/468Beat 33%
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MelbourneDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:20:29516/1529Beat 66%