Progress against the field
Between Manchester 2026 and Cardiff 2026, Michael Johnson lost 2:13 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:29 quicker, so 1:16 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
10 races · 9 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:25:20 PB284/528Beat 46%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 2:13 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:16 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:29 faster for everyone, so 2:13 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete1:16 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Men57:0212/58Beat 79%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:36291/529Beat 45%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Pro · Men1:00:12 PB24/99Beat 76%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:15:01444/704Beat 37%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men58:27 PB7/372Beat 98%
↑ 9 days after Glasgow 2025, with Alex Tetlow 1:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:26 faster for everyone, so 1:20 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:26 faster This pair2:46 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:01:13136/1105Beat 88%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men58:4428/616Beat 96%
↑ 56 days after London 2024, with James Grimes 1:04 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:04 better than the field: 1:24 faster on the clock, against 0:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:20 faster This pair1:24 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:00:0858/984Beat 94%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men59:3536/719Beat 95%