Progress against the field
Between London 2025 and Barcelona 2026, James Lang lost 3:57 to the field.
The clock says 0:55 faster, but the races themselves got 4:52 quicker for everyone.
193 days between London 2025 and Dublin 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 1:01 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:1231/549Beat 94%
↑ 183 days after Dublin 2025 2:56 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:56 behind the field: 0:36 slower on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete0:36 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men55:27 PB22/2102Beat 99%
↑ 314 days after Manchester 2025, with Alex Lang 0:24 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:52 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:16 faster for everyone, so 0:24 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:16 faster This pair2:52 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:36 PB48/898Beat 95%
↑ 193 days after London 2025 1:01 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:31 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:32 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:01 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:32 faster This athlete1:31 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:07163/1917Beat 92%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Doubles Open · Men58:1924/616Beat 96%