Progress against the field
Alex Burlison has gained 8:09 on the field from Toronto 2026 to Boston 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 1:23 quicker, so 9:32 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
16 races · 16 events
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:40:53180/250Beat 28%
↑ 7 days after Toronto 2026 8:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
9:32 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:23 faster for everyone, so 8:09 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete9:32 faster -
Toronto1 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:50:25868/1135Beat 24%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Doubles Open · Mixed2:10:46443/444Beat 0%
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Ottawa14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed2:05:03 PB587/601Beat 2%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:18410/528Beat 22%
↑ 36 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:15 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:28 faster for everyone, so 3:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:28 faster This athlete4:15 faster -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:33906/958Beat 5%
↑ 62 days after Amsterdam 2026 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:24 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:31 faster for everyone: 5:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete5:24 slower -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:35:58 PB363/391Beat 7%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:37:09487/608Beat 20%
↑ 34 days after Stockholm 2025 4:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:30 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 2:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:08 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:471115/1315Beat 15%
↑ 21 days after Madrid 2025 8:32 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
12:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:46 faster for everyone, so 8:32 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:46 faster This athlete12:18 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:56:051227/1312Beat 7%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 12:46 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
13:00 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:14 slower for everyone: 12:46 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete13:00 slower -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:051326/1600Beat 17%
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Toronto3 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:10 PB253/507Beat 50%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:571110/1367Beat 19%
↑ 119 days after Cardiff 2025 1:07 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:07 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete0:47 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:44526/639Beat 18%
↑ 35 days after Barcelona 2025 4:24 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:41 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:17 faster for everyone, so 4:24 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 faster This athlete5:41 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:43:25996/1106Beat 10%
↑ 44 days after Glasgow 2025 3:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:41 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:35 slower for everyone: 3:06 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:35 slower This athlete4:41 slower -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:441303/1588Beat 18%