Progress against the field
Between Rome 2025 and Cardiff 2026, David Cove pulled 4:14 ahead of the field.
Over the same races everyone got 8:23 quicker, so 12:37 faster on the clock looks better than it was.
The biggest step was Rome 2025 → Birmingham 2025: 4:25 on the field in 26 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.
Every race
7 races · 7 events
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Cardiff29 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:03307/913Beat 66%
↑ 13 days after Malaga 2026 1:49 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:49 behind the field: 0:28 slower on the clock, against 1:21 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:21 faster This athlete0:28 slower -
Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:35 PB469/1036Beat 55%
↑ 155 days after Dublin 2025 2:20 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:20 better than the field: 5:51 faster on the clock, against 3:31 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →3:31 faster This athlete5:51 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:23:26488/898Beat 46%
↑ 21 days after Birmingham 2025 0:42 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
2:07 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 2:49 faster for everyone, which leaves this 0:42 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →2:49 faster This athlete2:07 faster -
Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:25:33943/1821Beat 48%
↑ 26 days after Rome 2025 4:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
4:25 better than the field: 5:07 faster on the clock, against 0:42 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:42 faster This athlete5:07 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Individual Open · Men1:30:40952/1367Beat 30%
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Riga31 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:34:17312/440Beat 29%
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BudapestDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:20:26188/514Beat 63%