Progress against the field
Robert Dempsey has gained 4:44 on the field from Madrid 2025 to Rome 2026.
The clock says 11:07 faster, but the races themselves got 6:23 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London Olympia 2026 → Barcelona 2026: 5:47 in 51 days.
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
5 races · 5 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:27:44 PB315/535Beat 41%
↑ 132 days after Barcelona 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:33 faster on the clock, against 0:33 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:33 faster This athlete0:33 faster -
Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:17398/643Beat 38%
↑ 51 days after London Olympia 2026 5:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:47 better than the field: 6:52 faster on the clock, against 1:05 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This athlete6:52 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:35:09118/177Beat 33%
↑ 117 days after Madrid 2025 1:03 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:42 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:45 faster for everyone, so 1:03 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:45 faster This athlete3:42 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:511051/1312Beat 20%
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Toronto5 Oct 2024Doubles Open · Men1:13:58 PB57/179Beat 68%