Progress against the field
From Riga 2025 to Helsinki 2026, Manu Rekola got 2:28 faster than the field.
The clock says 13:00 faster, but the races themselves got 10:32 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Stockholm 2025 → Helsinki 2026: 2:19 in 142 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
4 races · 4 events
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Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:15:13 PB218/913Beat 76%
↑ 142 days after Stockholm 2025 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 better than the field: 6:38 faster on the clock, against 4:19 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:19 faster This athlete6:38 faster -
Stockholm18 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:21:51199/490Beat 59%
↑ 201 days after Riga 2025 0:09 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:22 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:13 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →6:13 faster This athlete6:22 faster -
Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:28:13259/440Beat 41%
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Frankfurt14 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:30:00954/1480Beat 36%