Progress against the field
Between Cologne 2025 and Oslo 2026, David Owens lost 26:12 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 4:18 quicker, so 21:54 slower on the clock looks better than it was.
195 days between Cologne 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 6:02 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
8 races · 8 events
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Geneva9 Oct 2026Individual Open · Men1:21:00152/408Beat 63%
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Oslo26 Sep 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:29688/871Beat 21%
↑ 150 days after Cardiff 2026 16:20 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:20 behind the field: 15:34 slower on the clock, against 0:46 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:46 faster This athlete15:34 slower -
Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:22:55176/365Beat 52%
↑ 146 days after London Excel 2025 8:44 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
6:59 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:45 faster for everyone: 8:44 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:45 faster This athlete6:59 slower -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:56 PB849/2779Beat 69%
↑ 43 days after Birmingham 2025 4:54 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:56 faster on the clock, and the race was 3:02 faster for everyone, so 4:54 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →3:02 faster This athlete7:56 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:52871/1821Beat 52%
↑ 195 days after Cologne 2025 6:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
7:17 slower on the clock in a race that was 1:15 slower for everyone: 6:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 slower This athlete7:17 slower -
Cologne10 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:16:35299/1182Beat 75%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:01613/1191Beat 49%
↑ 76 days after Manchester 2024 3:46 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:28 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:42 faster for everyone, so 3:46 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →1:42 faster This athlete5:28 faster -
Manchester9 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:23:29704/1206Beat 42%