Progress against the field
From Frankfurt 2024 to Barcelona 2026, Nigel Whittaker got 2:32 faster than the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:50 quicker, so 13:22 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
237 days between Rotterdam 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 7:28 behind 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
7 races · 7 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:38455/643Beat 29%
↑ 51 days after EMEA London Olympia 2026 3:38 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 faster for everyone: 3:38 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This athlete2:23 slower -
EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:29:15814/958Beat 15%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 3:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:57 behind the field: 2:34 slower on the clock, against 1:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:23 faster This athlete2:34 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:26:41 PB1629/2771Beat 41%
↑ 7 days after Madrid 2025 0:07 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:29 faster on the clock, against 3:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:36 faster This athlete3:29 faster -
Madrid27 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:10834/1312Beat 36%
↑ 36 days after Birmingham 2025 10:56 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:14 slower for everyone and the clock still says 10:42 faster: 10:56 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 slower This athlete10:42 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:40:52420/523Beat 20%
↑ 237 days after Rotterdam 2025 7:28 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:16 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:12 faster for everyone: 7:28 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:12 faster This athlete6:16 slower -
Rotterdam27 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:36419/584Beat 28%
↑ 75 days after Frankfurt 2024 6:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
10:24 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:38 faster for everyone, so 6:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:38 faster This athlete10:24 faster -
Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:45:001296/1480Beat 12%