Progress against the field
Between Berlin 2025 and Barcelona 2026, Habib Lawal pulled 5:10 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 2:49 quicker, so 7:59 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
202 days between Berlin 2025 and London Excel 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:41 better than 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
3 races · 3 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:04 PB324/643Beat 50%
↑ 161 days after London Excel 2025 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:47 faster on the clock, yet the race was 2:18 faster for everyone, so 1:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:18 faster This athlete0:47 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:511552/2779Beat 44%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025 6:41 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:41 better than the field: 7:12 faster on the clock, against 0:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete7:12 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:32:031492/1851Beat 19%