Progress against the field
SEAN Merchant has dropped 5:45 behind the field from Stockholm 2024 to Birmingham 2026.
The clock says 2:51 faster, but the races themselves got 8:36 quicker for everyone.
322 days between Poznan 2025 and Birmingham 2026 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 2:15 behind 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
9 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:10:12217/1442Beat 85%
↑ 322 days after Poznan 2025 2:15 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:36 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:39 faster for everyone: 2:15 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:39 faster This athlete0:36 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:17:05252/533Beat 53%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 4:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:49 behind the field: 2:26 slower on the clock, against 2:23 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:23 faster This athlete2:26 slower -
Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Pro · Men1:14:3997/193Beat 50%
↑ 263 days after London 2025 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:43 slower on the clock, and the race was 0:46 slower for everyone. Whatever changed, it changed for all of them.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 slower This athlete0:43 slower -
Poznan13 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:36125/1184Beat 89%
↑ 52 days after Birmingham 2025 0:47 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:40 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:27 faster for everyone, so 0:47 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:27 faster This athlete0:40 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:16249/1821Beat 86%
↑ 200 days after Belgium 2025 0:54 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:52 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:02 faster for everyone: 0:54 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:02 faster This athlete0:52 slower -
London3 May 2025Individual Pro · Men1:13:56 PB97/229Beat 58%
↑ 155 days after London 2024 2:04 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:10 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:14 faster for everyone, which leaves this 2:04 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:14 faster This athlete0:10 faster -
Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:24 PB153/1638Beat 91%
↑ 119 days after Stockholm 2024 1:49 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:39 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:28 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:49 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:28 faster This athlete3:39 faster -
Stockholm7 Dec 2024Individual Open · Men1:13:0389/447Beat 80%
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London29 Nov 2024Individual Pro · Men1:14:0659/182Beat 68%