Progress against the field
Paul Jones has gained 6:06 on the field from London Excel 2025 to Rome 2026.
The races barely moved for everyone else, so 6:33 faster on the clock is close to the whole story.
The largest gain on the field came from London Excel 2025 → Cardiff 2026: 7:29 in 146 days.
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
4 races · 4 events
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Rome23 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:31:00693/1062Beat 35%
↑ 147 days after Cardiff 2026 1:23 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 behind the field: 2:41 slower on the clock, against 1:18 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:18 slower This athlete2:41 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:28:19 PB317/528Beat 40%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 7:29 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:29 better than the field: 9:14 faster on the clock, against 1:45 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete9:14 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:37:332202/2771Beat 21%
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Sharjah12 Apr 2025Relay · Mixed1:27:0021/21Beat 0%