Progress against the field
Between Stuttgart 2024 and Cardiff 2026, Paul Bennun lost 7:59 to the field.
Over the same races everyone got 10:11 quicker, so 2:12 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
242 days between Vienna 2025 and Birmingham 2025 is the longest gap compared here, and the second race was 18:02 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.
Every race
4 races · 4 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:41:46311/365Beat 15%
↑ 189 days after Birmingham 2025 11:38 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:38 better than the field: 15:38 faster on the clock, against 4:00 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:00 faster This athlete15:38 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:57:241712/1821Beat 6%
↑ 242 days after Vienna 2025 18:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
18:58 slower on the clock in a race that was 0:56 slower for everyone: 18:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →0:56 slower This athlete18:58 slower -
Vienna22 Feb 2025Individual Open · Men1:38:26 PB1212/1356Beat 11%
↑ 147 days after Stuttgart 2024 1:35 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:32 faster on the clock, yet the race was 7:07 faster for everyone, so 1:35 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →7:07 faster This athlete5:32 faster -
Stuttgart28 Sep 2024Individual Open · Men1:43:58638/770Beat 17%