Progress against the field
From Copenhagen 2025 to Barcelona 2026, Saul Blackwell got 56:31 faster than the field.
The clock says 59:10 faster, but the races themselves got 2:39 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 325 days between London 2025 and London Olympia 2026, still ended 1:00:15 ahead of 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
5 races · 5 events
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Barcelona14 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:48:09 PB505/549Beat 8%
↑ 51 days after London Olympia 2026 4:13 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:18 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:05 faster for everyone, so 4:13 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:05 faster This athlete5:18 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:27815/897Beat 9%
↑ 325 days after London 2025 1:00:15 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:01:11 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:56 faster for everyone, so 1:00:15 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 faster This athlete1:01:11 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:42:59 PB1288/1372Beat 6%
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London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:54:381916/1917Beat 0%
↑ 50 days after Copenhagen 2025 7:57 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:19 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:38 faster for everyone: 7:57 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:38 faster This athlete7:19 slower -
Copenhagen14 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men2:47:191321/1323Beat 0%