Progress against the field
Between London Olympia 2026 and Cardiff 2026, David Best lost 1:24 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 1:16 quicker, so 0:08 slower 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:54:47 PB269/301Beat 11%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:23176/466Beat 62%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 1:24 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:08 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:16 faster for everyone: 1:24 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:08 slower -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:15 PB241/716Beat 66%
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Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:33:29484/1186Beat 59%
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Hong Kong22 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:24:12 PB287/544Beat 47%
↑ 181 days after Taipei 2024, with Francois Goelen 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:04 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →4:04 faster This pair4:04 faster -
Taipei25 May 2024Doubles Open · Men1:28:1669/114Beat 40%