Progress against the field
Between London 2022 and Cardiff 2026, Ross Taylor lost 2:45 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 13:58 quicker, so 11:13 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 432 days between Dublin 2024 and Manchester 2026, cost 6:09 on 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
11 races · 10 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:38:09294/365Beat 20%
↑ 98 days after Manchester 2026 4:52 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:23 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:29 faster for everyone: 4:52 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:29 faster This athlete1:23 slower -
Toulouse19 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:26:33 PB910/1343Beat 32%
↑ 119 days after Bordeaux 2025, with Rachel Rodney-Ross 0:18 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:46 faster on the clock, and the race was 1:28 faster for everyone, so 0:18 of it was this pair.
The fieldCompare these two →1:28 faster This pair1:46 faster -
Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Men1:19:04608/917Beat 34%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Doubles Open · Men1:03:17 PB148/794Beat 81%
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Manchester21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:36:461119/1463Beat 24%
↑ 432 days after Dublin 2024 6:09 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:05 faster for everyone: 6:09 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:05 faster This athlete4:04 slower -
Bordeaux20 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:28:19586/750Beat 22%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Men1:28:41994/1099Beat 10%
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Glasgow12 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:31:251000/1105Beat 10%
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Dublin15 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men1:32:42 PB908/1221Beat 26%
↑ 355 days after London 2023 12:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
16:50 faster on the clock, and the race was 4:30 faster for everyone, so 12:20 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →4:30 faster This athlete16:50 faster -
London26 Nov 2023Individual Open · Men1:49:321667/1865Beat 11%
↑ 372 days after London 2022 4:04 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:04 behind the field: 0:10 slower on the clock, against 3:54 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:54 faster This athlete0:10 slower -
London19 Nov 2022Individual Open · Men1:49:22745/865Beat 14%