Progress against the field
Adrian Lau has gained 15:19 on the field from Taipei 2024 to Hong Kong 2026.
Over the same races everyone got 11:17 quicker, so 26:36 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 322 days between Taipei 2024 and Taipei 2025, still ended 7:47 ahead of the field.
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
5 races · 4 events
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Hong Kong8 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:26:47 PB402/1490Beat 73%
↑ 286 days after Hong Kong 2025 12:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:45 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:15 faster for everyone, so 12:30 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:15 faster This athlete18:45 faster -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Individual Open · Men1:45:32746/1186Beat 37%
↑ 105 days after Taipei 2025 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:41 faster for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:41 faster This athlete3:17 slower -
Hong Kong26 Jul 2025Relay · Men1:35:0782/165Beat 50%
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Taipei12 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:42:15375/687Beat 45%
↑ 322 days after Taipei 2024 7:47 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:08 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:21 faster for everyone, so 7:47 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:21 faster This athlete11:08 faster -
Taipei25 May 2024Individual Open · Men1:53:23222/290Beat 23%