Progress against the field
Between Birmingham 2025 and Berlin 2026, Joe Ward lost 5:53 to the field.
The clock says 0:21 slower, but the races themselves got 5:32 quicker for everyone.
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
21 races · 21 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:18:59 PB243/478Beat 49%
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Rome23 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:13245/1014Beat 76%
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Berlin22 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:08101/686Beat 85%
↑ 36 days after Malaga 2026 0:33 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:30 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:03 slower for everyone: 0:33 gained on the field, which the clock hides.
The fieldCompare these two →2:03 slower This athlete1:30 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:3886/561Beat 85%
↑ 23 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 1:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:20 behind the field: 0:03 slower on the clock, against 1:17 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete0:03 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:19:21267/445Beat 40%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 2:31 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:31 better than the field: 5:53 faster on the clock, against 3:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete5:53 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:09:35 PB391/958Beat 59%
↑ 31 days after Katowice 2026 0:10 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 better than the field: 1:37 faster on the clock, against 1:27 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete1:37 faster -
Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:1252/236Beat 78%
↑ 101 days after Dublin 2025 2:51 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:51 behind the field: 0:49 slower on the clock, against 2:02 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:02 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:25:1497/121Beat 20%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:23149/898Beat 83%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 2:25 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:24 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, so 2:25 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete0:24 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:4777/523Beat 85%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:42200/1386Beat 86%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:41158/768Beat 79%
↑ 22 days after Malaga 2025 3:42 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:33 faster for everyone: 3:42 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:33 faster This athlete0:09 slower -
Malaga21 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:11:3266/534Beat 88%
↑ 27 days after Vienna 2025 1:08 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:03 faster for everyone, so 1:08 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:03 faster This athlete1:11 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:48 PB273/1105Beat 75%
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Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:12:43452/1356Beat 67%
↑ 99 days after Dublin 2024 4:50 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:03 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:47 faster for everyone: 4:50 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:47 faster This athlete1:03 slower -
Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:11:40170/1221Beat 86%
↑ 6 days after Paris 2024 0:41 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:30 faster for everyone, so 0:41 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:30 faster This athlete1:49 faster -
Paris9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:29248/1585Beat 84%
↑ 30 days after Amsterdam 2024 0:05 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:37 faster on the clock, against 0:32 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:32 faster This athlete0:37 faster -
Amsterdam10 Oct 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:06107/659Beat 84%
↑ 173 days after Berlin 2024 1:48 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:09 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:21 slower for everyone: 1:48 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 slower This athlete3:09 slower -
Berlin20 Apr 2024Individual Open · Men1:10:57218/953Beat 77%
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Turin3 Feb 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:40110/818Beat 87%
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Dublin28 Oct 2023Individual Open · Men1:19:52116/777Beat 85%