Progress against the field
From Birmingham 2025 to Lisboa 2026, the field gained 1:52 on robert cowan.
The clock says 0:19 faster, but the races themselves got 2:11 quicker for everyone.
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
23 races · 18 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:10:23239/1159Beat 79%
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men57:00 PB1/646Beat 100%
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Valencia17 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Mixed58:258/743Beat 99%
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Bordeaux30 Sep 2026Doubles Pro · Men56:02 PB20/330Beat 94%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2026Individual Pro · Men1:02:23 PB29/399Beat 93%
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Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Open · Men58:122/887Beat 100%
↑ 191 days after Birmingham 2025 1:52 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:19 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:11 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:52 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:11 faster This athlete0:19 faster -
Lisboa1 May 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:0816/352Beat 96%
↑ 15 days after Malaga 2026 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 1:17 slower for everyone and the clock still says 1:02 faster: 2:19 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:17 slower This athlete1:02 faster -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:04:1052/460Beat 89%
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London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Pro · Men1:03:3359/445Beat 87%
↑ 62 days after Manchester 2026 0:00 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 3:22 faster on the clock, against 3:22 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:22 faster This athlete3:22 faster -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:06:5527/121Beat 78%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:15 behind the field: 3:04 slower on the clock, against 2:49 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 slower This athlete3:04 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Relay · Men59:2430/120Beat 75%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Mixed55:47 PB4/1372Beat 100%
↑ 215 days after London 2025, with Cerys Messenger 1:22 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:00 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:38 faster for everyone, so 1:22 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:38 faster This pair3:00 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Pro · Men1:03:5161/462Beat 87%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men58:318/1821Beat 100%
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Maastricht19 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:00:475/1352Beat 100%
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Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:03:3331/1401Beat 98%
↑ 55 days after Belgium 2025 0:30 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:30 better than the field: 1:06 faster on the clock, against 0:36 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:36 faster This athlete1:06 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Mixed58:4712/956Beat 99%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:3956/1638Beat 97%
↑ 24 days after Glasgow 2025 0:07 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:27 faster on the clock, and the race was 2:20 faster for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Glasgow12 Mar 2025Individual Open · Men1:07:06132/1445Beat 91%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:00:246/360Beat 98%
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Bilbao15 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:05:4148/596Beat 92%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:14:19307/1637Beat 81%
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NiceDate unknownIndividual Pro · Men1:03:1928/236Beat 88%