Progress against the field
From Mechelen 2026 to Oslo 2026, Zander Leslie got 3:17 faster than the field.
The clock says 2:17 faster, but the races themselves got 1:00 slower for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Mechelen 2026 → Riga 2026: 2:45 in 65 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
8 races · 6 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Pro · Men54:21 PB30/476Beat 94%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men59:31 PB9/871Beat 99%
↑ 119 days after Riga 2026 0:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:54 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:22 faster for everyone, so 0:32 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:22 faster This athlete0:54 faster -
Riga30 May 2026Doubles Open · Men56:05 PB12/423Beat 97%
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:00:254/882Beat 100%
↑ 65 days after Mechelen 2026 2:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:22 slower for everyone: 2:45 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:22 slower This athlete1:23 faster -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:01:4822/747Beat 97%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men57:4823/917Beat 98%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:52108/1452Beat 93%
↑ 83 days after Stockholm 2025 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 1:01 faster on the clock, against 0:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete1:01 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:53114/1315Beat 91%