Progress against the field
Between Stockholm 2025 and Oslo 2026, Joel Russ lost 3:21 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 6:31 quicker, so 3:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:04:49 PB40/871Beat 95%
↑ 140 days after Helsinki 2026 1:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 better than the field: 1:28 faster on the clock, against no different for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →no different This athlete1:28 faster -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:06:1752/913Beat 94%
↑ 57 days after Copenhagen 2026 6:00 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:49 slower on the clock in a race that was 5:11 faster for everyone: 6:00 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:11 faster This athlete0:49 slower -
Copenhagen13 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:05:289/390Beat 98%
↑ 85 days after Stockholm 2025 1:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:11 better than the field: 2:31 faster on the clock, against 1:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:20 faster This athlete2:31 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:5926/490Beat 95%