Progress against the field
Steven Cook has dropped 2:55 behind the field from Helsinki 2026 to Birmingham 2026.
The races themselves barely changed, so 3:08 slower on the clock is the real picture.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:42:50586/693Beat 15%
↑ 175 days after Helsinki 2026 2:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:13 slower for everyone: 2:55 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This athlete3:08 slower -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:39:42759/913Beat 17%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:41:511306/1600Beat 18%
↑ 180 days after Barcelona 2025 6:45 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:45 behind the field: 3:37 slower on the clock, against 3:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:08 faster This athlete3:37 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:14 PB944/1106Beat 15%