Progress against the field
John Cowan has gained 21:30 on the field from London 2024 to Berlin 2025.
The clock says 30:28 faster, but the races themselves got 8:58 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from London 2024 → Manchester 2025: 11:02 in 56 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
10 races · 9 events
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Relay · Mixed1:40:17100/119Beat 16%
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Glasgow11 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:19:51 PB507/1198Beat 58%
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Birmingham22 Oct 2025Individual Open · Men1:35:05 PB1335/1821Beat 27%
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Geneva11 Oct 2025Doubles Open · Mixed1:37:22615/695Beat 12%
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New York30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:54:36365/403Beat 9%
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Berlin16 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:36:071585/1851Beat 14%
↑ 112 days after Manchester 2025 10:28 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
17:06 faster on the clock, and the race was 6:38 faster for everyone, so 10:28 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →6:38 faster This athlete17:06 faster -
London3 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:29:41 PB945/1010Beat 6%
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Manchester24 Jan 2025Individual Open · Men1:53:131133/1191Beat 5%
↑ 56 days after London 2024 11:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
11:02 better than the field: 13:22 faster on the clock, against 2:20 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →2:20 faster This athlete13:22 faster -
London29 Nov 2024Individual Open · Men2:06:351591/1637Beat 3%
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St. GallenDate unknownIndividual Open · Men1:46:49885/1003Beat 12%