Progress against the field
Between Rome 2025 and London Excel 2025, Joe Cooper pulled 2:35 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 3:44 quicker, so 6:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Rome 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 3:47 on the field in 26 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
8 races · 7 events
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Individual Open · MenDNF—
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Barcelona14 May 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:14:46 PB312/1013Beat 69%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:11 PB218/2771Beat 92%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 1:12 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 1:12 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete1:50 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:01206/1821Beat 89%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 3:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:47 better than the field: 4:29 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete4:29 faster -
Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:18:57148/344Beat 57%
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Oslo26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:25:18 PB438/530Beat 17%
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Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:30121/632Beat 81%
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Warsaw12 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed1:11:2718/45Beat 60%