Progress against the field
From Cardiff 2025 to Amsterdam 2026, Ross Swords got 0:52 faster than the field.
The clock says 6:10 faster, but the races themselves got 5:18 quicker for everyone.
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
9 races · 8 events
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Malaga16 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:07:52 PB56/474Beat 88%
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EMEA London Olympia24 Mar 2026Doubles Open · Mixed1:12:32 PB179/359Beat 50%
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Amsterdam21 Jan 2026Individual Open · Men1:12:32275/1620Beat 83%
↑ 48 days after London Excel 2025 0:25 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
0:39 faster on the clock, and the race was 0:14 faster for everyone, so 0:25 of it was this athlete.
The fieldCompare these two →0:14 faster This athlete0:39 faster -
London Excel4 Dec 2025Individual Open · Men1:13:11575/2771Beat 79%
↑ 22 days after Dublin 2025 1:58 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
1:58 better than the field: 2:27 faster on the clock, against 0:29 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:29 faster This athlete2:27 faster -
Dublin12 Nov 2025Doubles Open · Men1:06:32193/667Beat 71%
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Dublin12 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:15:38285/955Beat 70%
↑ 166 days after Cardiff 2025 1:31 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:04 faster on the clock, yet the race was 4:35 faster for everyone, so 1:31 was lost on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →4:35 faster This athlete3:04 faster -
Rome26 Sep 2025Doubles Open · Men1:04:21 PB147/775Beat 81%
↑ 189 days after Malaga 2025, with Dane Daly 3:35 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:35 better than the field: 4:50 faster on the clock, against 1:15 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →1:15 faster This pair4:50 faster -
Cardiff30 May 2025Individual Open · Men1:18:42246/639Beat 62%
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Malaga21 Mar 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:11279/704Beat 60%