Progress against the field
From Dublin 2023 to Berlin 2026, Jonathan Gowing got 14:05 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 16:38 quicker, so 30:43 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 363 days between Dublin 2023 and Birmingham 2024, still ended 11:22 ahead of 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
11 races · 11 events
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:20:24 PB245/704Beat 65%
↑ 183 days after Bordeaux 2025 0:11 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:41 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:52 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:11 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:52 faster This athlete1:41 faster -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Pro · Men1:17:08 PB260/302Beat 14%
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Warsaw16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:53 PB381/556Beat 32%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:28:43359/445Beat 19%
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Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:22:05738/1431Beat 48%
↑ 209 days after Barcelona 2025 2:51 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:37 faster for everyone, so 2:51 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:37 faster This athlete6:28 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Relay · Men1:13:0519/24Beat 21%
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Berlin16 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:01 PB323/528Beat 39%
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Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:33736/1106Beat 34%
↑ 182 days after Birmingham 2024 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:16 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:13 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →3:13 faster This athlete3:16 faster -
Birmingham25 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:31:491281/1916Beat 33%
↑ 363 days after Dublin 2023 11:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:22 better than the field: 19:18 faster on the clock, against 7:56 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →7:56 faster This athlete19:18 faster -
Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:51:07653/777Beat 16%
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MelbourneDate unknownDoubles Open · Mixed1:18:38603/1343Beat 55%