Progress against the field
From Barcelona 2025 to Cardiff 2026, Luke New got 1:08 faster than the field.
The clock says 8:07 faster, but the races themselves got 6:59 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Barcelona 2025 → Berlin 2025: 2:19 in 21 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. The summary above covers Individual Open · Men, the one raced most; every comparison is in the list below.
Every race
14 races · 9 events
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Birmingham31 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:48191/1035Beat 82%
↑ 221 days after London Olympia 2026, with Sebastian Trabucatti 2:05 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:05 behind the field: 1:18 slower on the clock, against 0:47 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:47 faster This pair1:18 slower -
Birmingham31 Oct 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:59 PB194/693Beat 72%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:4821/1233Beat 98%
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Boston8 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men57:08 PB9/261Beat 97%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Doubles Open · Men1:01:2820/726Beat 97%
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Toronto1 Oct 2026Relay · Men1:02:234/52Beat 92%
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:02:18 PB7/365Beat 98%
↑ 36 days after London Olympia 2026 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:50 faster on the clock, yet the race was 1:16 faster for everyone, so 0:26 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:16 faster This athlete0:50 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:00:3025/396Beat 94%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025, with Sebastian Trabucatti 4:11 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:38 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:27 faster for everyone, so 4:11 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →0:27 faster This pair4:38 faster -
London Olympia24 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:0823/897Beat 97%
↑ 110 days after London Excel 2025 0:26 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:28 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 1:54 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:26 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:54 faster This athlete1:28 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Doubles Open · Men1:05:08450/1815Beat 75%
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London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:36144/2779Beat 95%
↑ 202 days after Berlin 2025 0:19 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 0:31 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:19 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:31 faster This athlete0:12 faster -
Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:04:4879/748Beat 89%
↑ 21 days after Barcelona 2025 2:19 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:19 better than the field: 5:37 faster on the clock, against 3:18 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:18 faster This athlete5:37 faster -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:2594/795Beat 88%
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Manchester9 Nov 2024Doubles Open · Men1:09:17315/719Beat 56%