Progress against the field
Between Barcelona 2025 and Cardiff 2026, Grant Polson lost 4:18 to the field.
The clock says 2:25 faster, but the races themselves got 6:43 quicker for everyone.
The longest gap between two races compared here, 334 days between Cardiff 2025 and Cardiff 2026, cost 5:55 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.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:11:10138/913Beat 85%
↑ 334 days after Cardiff 2025 5:55 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:55 behind the field: 1:04 slower on the clock, against 4:51 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →4:51 faster This athlete1:04 slower -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:10:06197/1401Beat 86%
↑ 27 days after London 2025 6:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
5:35 faster on the clock in a race that was 1:00 slower for everyone: 6:35 better than the field.
The fieldCompare these two →1:00 slower This athlete5:35 faster -
London3 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:41604/1917Beat 69%
↑ 8 days after Barcelona 2025 4:58 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:06 slower on the clock in a race that was 2:52 faster for everyone: 4:58 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:52 faster This athlete2:06 slower -
Barcelona25 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:35240/1106Beat 78%
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Belgium5 Apr 2025Individual Open · Men1:09:41 PB166/1638Beat 90%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:12:01105/1003Beat 90%