Progress against the field
From Helsinki 2026 to Birmingham 2026, Gareth Lewis got 28:45 faster than the field.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 28:32 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:24:57199/359Beat 45%
↑ 175 days after Helsinki 2026 28:45 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 0:13 slower for everyone and the clock still says 28:32 faster: 28:45 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:13 slower This athlete28:32 faster -
Helsinki9 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:53:29845/913Beat 7%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Doubles Open · Men1:09:56 PB189/566Beat 67%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:22 PB225/466Beat 52%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 36:42 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
41:33 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:51 faster for everyone, so 36:42 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete41:33 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:16:14243/396Beat 39%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:13:531070/1815Beat 41%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men2:03:55625/639Beat 2%
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Rimini30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:57798/1225Beat 35%
↑ 14 days after Berlin 2025 4:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:20 behind the field: 6:32 slower on the clock, against 2:12 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:12 slower This athlete6:32 slower -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:251153/1851Beat 38%