Progress against the field
Between Amsterdam 2024 and Bilbao 2026, Mark Carson lost 9:41 to the field.
The clock says 2:33 faster, but the races themselves got 12:14 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 198 days between Glasgow 2025 and Rome 2025, cost 8:43 on 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
7 races · 7 events
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Riga30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:56496/882Beat 44%
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Bilbao7 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:521127/1500Beat 25%
↑ 134 days after Rome 2025 5:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 6:35 faster for everyone, which leaves this 5:12 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →6:35 faster This athlete1:23 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:29:15390/632Beat 38%
↑ 198 days after Glasgow 2025 8:43 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:41 faster for everyone: 8:43 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete7:02 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:13 PB772/1445Beat 47%
↑ 117 days after Dublin 2024 9:14 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:20 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:06 faster for everyone, so 9:14 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:06 faster This athlete12:20 faster -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:34:33951/1221Beat 22%
↑ 36 days after Amsterdam 2024 5:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:52 faster for everyone: 5:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:52 faster This athlete4:08 slower -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:25953/1539Beat 38%
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Copenhagen23 Mar 2024Doubles Open · Men1:11:06 PB151/291Beat 48%