Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Maastricht 2025, Michael Stephens pulled 1:05 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:35 slower, so 3:30 slower on the clock looks worse 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 Pro · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 13 events
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Stockholm18 Jun 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:094/704Beat 99%
↑ 29 days after Lyon 2026, with Hakan Burton 0:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:04 slower for everyone and the clock still says 0:25 faster: 0:29 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:04 slower This pair0:25 faster -
Lyon20 May 2026Doubles Pro · Men51:343/481Beat 99%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Pro · Men50:24 PB3/484Beat 99%
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Katowice21 Feb 2026Individual Pro · Men56:229/317Beat 97%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men59:217/130Beat 95%
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Frankfurt12 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men57:262/254Beat 99%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · MenDNF—
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men52:092/102Beat 98%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Pro · Men57:104/156Beat 97%
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Hamburg2 Oct 2025Doubles Pro · Men51:563/240Beat 99%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Pro · Men59:369/208Beat 96%
↑ 126 days after Berlin 2025 1:05 better than the field Slower on the clock, ahead of the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:30 slower on the clock, but the race was 4:35 slower for everyone, so this was 1:05 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 slower This athlete3:30 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Pro · Men56:06 PB3/351Beat 99%
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World ChampionshipsDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:00:1427/522Beat 95%
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World Championships NiceDate unknownDoubles Pro · Mixed59:52 PB49/297Beat 84%